Melissa Groh, LCSW

Melissa Groh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people navigate anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, depression, and parenting challenges. She works in a warm, direct style and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Many find her approach straightforward and hopeful when life feels overwhelming.

Melissa earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Truman State University. She has 11 years of experience as a mental health therapist and has supported people through grief, hospice-related loss, substance use concerns, homelessness, and major life transitions.

Her sessions blend talk therapy with goal-focused techniques. She draws from solution-focused and task-centered methods, mindfulness practices, and a strengths-based mindset to tailor work to each person’s needs. The focus is on small, achievable steps and practical coping skills rather than abstract theory.

Melissa emphasizes collaboration - clients set the goals and she helps design the plan to reach them. She pays attention to how symptoms affect daily life, such as sleep, relationships, work, and parenting, and works on concrete strategies to reduce distress.

People who value a warm but purposeful therapist may find this approach helpful. Melissa works with issues related to LGBT concerns, intimacy, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career stress, among others. She practices in North Carolina and conducts sessions in English.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

Melissa uses several evidence-based approaches that aim for clear, practical change. Solution-focused techniques concentrate on identifying small, specific steps that move someone toward their goals and are helpful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Mindfulness-based methods teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and emotion regulation. A strengths-based orientation helps people recognize what already works for them and build on those abilities when facing trauma, grief, or parenting strain.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences together and adjust methods over time. This means plans are tailored and can change if something isn’t working or priorities shift.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed in this profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use talk and mindfulness exercises in the settings where they live and work, which can help practice skills between sessions.