Melissa Perez-Halley - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

5 years experience | Counselor of Color | Intl Clients Welcome

About Melissa Perez-Halley

I am licensed in Texas with 5 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!

Licenses

LCSW

68044

Professional experience

Depression
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

Abandonment
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Communication problems
Control issues
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Postpartum depression
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

Client-Centered Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Internal Family Systems
Mindfulness Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Psychodynamic Therapy
Somatic Therapy
Systemic Therapy

Languages

English

12 Reviews

“Melissa has been truly helpful with navigating issues I’m facing with my wife. She’s clear and to the point and understands the issues. She’s helps me navigate and find resolutions.”

“She is awesome !”

“10/10”

“Love her”

“Melissa has been amazing. She makes me feel validated in my feelings and has an amazing sense of empathy. I appreciate the conversations we have to the fully extent and love our one on ones.”

“Melissa is a great listener but also challenges you with the other side of things which helps with insight into anxiety”

“She has been amazing and very good to work with. Challenges your views in a constructive way and acts as a great soundboard for you to reflect and explore your issues on your own, offers many ways to reach your goals and exercises.”

“Melissa is honest and yet comforting with our sessions. She is very good at listening and yet always knows the right thing to say. I am glad I was matched up with Melissa”

“She keeps me in check with my goals and helps me hold myself accountable.”

“Melissa has offered us so much insight into our relationship. She has helped us better understand where our communications break down; offered strategies into how to navigate; and given us the vocabulary to better express the way things feel. It has been a journey, and we are very grateful to have been working with Melissa the past 9 months. She makes couples therapy "fun", even when working on yourself is hard.”

“Very professional, takes the time to listen and give notes, asks the right questions and pushes you to do better”

“Melissa listens and supports me. She also gives me the right tools to make my own decisions”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.