Melissa Carriveau , LICSW

Melissa Carriveau is a licensed clinical social worker in Massachusetts with 20 years of professional experience supporting adults through stressful life transitions and emotional challenges. She holds the LICSW credential, which indicates licensure as an independent clinical social worker and specialized training in clinical practice. Melissa works with people facing stress and anxiety, grief and loss, motivation and self-esteem concerns, and the practical and emotional impacts of life changes.

Her approach centers on the conviction that each person is the expert of their own story and brings strengths that can be mobilized toward healing and growth. Melissa emphasizes collaboration, helping clients identify resources, build coping skills, and strengthen confidence so they can move toward a more fulfilling life. She also attends to compassion fatigue, workplace issues, and themes common in midlife and women's issues, including questions about purpose and self-love.

Seeking change can require courage, and Melissa aims to offer steady support and empowerment as clients take those first steps toward meaningful, sustainable shifts in their lives.

Approaches for online care and therapeutic support

Melissa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical coping skills and emotional processing. One common thread in her work is skills-based support that helps clients manage stress and anxiety through concrete strategies for emotional regulation, problem solving, and pacing daily activities. These techniques aim to reduce immediate overwhelm and build resilience over time.

She also offers grief-focused and loss-sensitive interventions that create space to process bereavement, role changes, and life transitions. This work supports navigating complex feelings, restoring a sense of meaning, and gradually reconnecting to purpose and motivation. In addition, Melissa attends to compassion fatigue and workplace-related stress by helping clients restore boundaries, self-care practices, and sustainable routines.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa works alongside each person to identify goals, test techniques, and adjust methods based on what fits the client's needs, preferences, and stage of change. Online therapy - by video call, phone session, live chat, or text messaging - offers flexibility to receive care from home or work, makes it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, and can increase access for clients who live far from in-person services.