Melissa Averett , LPC

Melissa Averett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a mental health clinician trained to provide counseling and support. She earned a Master of Education in Counseling from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2008 and brings a background of work across residential and outpatient settings to her practice.

Over the course of her career Melissa has spent four years supporting women in residential recovery from addiction and nine years providing outpatient counseling to adults facing a wide range of struggles and mental health concerns. Her experience spans issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family difficulties, parenting challenges, addiction, sleep problems, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue, among others.

Melissa uses client-centered therapy to build a collaborative rapport that helps people identify their needs and set clear counseling goals. She also employs cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive restructuring to help clients notice, challenge, and reshape maladaptive thoughts into healthier patterns. In sessions she focuses on practical skills - healthy boundaries, self-esteem building, understanding choices and consequences, coping strategies, and assertive communication - to support improved relationships and daily functioning.

Warmth and empathy guide her work as she partners with clients through difficult transitions such as divorce, grief, and life changes, supporting the process of healing and forgiveness while helping clients develop tools for long-term resilience.