Melissa Timlin
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Missouri therapists accepting new clients
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About Melissa
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Michigan and Missouri with over a decade of experience specializing in mental healthcare and addiction counseling. Additionally, I proudly served 10 active-duty years in the world’s greatest U.S. Navy, from where I bring valuable insights as an honorable veteran. In my capacity as a Sailor, I served as both the Command Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor and as a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocate. Aside from work, I enjoy spiritual time, crafting, time with my husband, our 4 wonderful children, and loving on our pug, Miss Pearl, and German Shepherd puppy, Mocha Bean.
My areas of expertise include assisting clients in managing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, loss, motivation, self-esteem, confidence, depression, perimenopause, and serious mental illnesses. I specialize in addiction treatment in both substances and pornography/sexual addiction. I believe deeply that you are the expert of your own story, possessing numerous strengths that will empower you to overcome life’s challenges.
Taking the initial step toward a more fulfilling and purposeful life requires courage. I have been there too- uncertain. My role is to support you throughout this time in your life, providing informed guidance. Together, we will strengthen your overall sense of meaning and purpose.
My approach integrates holistic and global philosophies, including restorative yoga, body-scan meditation, and pranayama, along with evidence-based psychological frameworks like Aaron Beck’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Marsha Linehan’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy to reshape negative patterns. In couples work, we will follow the Emotionally Focused Therapeutic framework which explores Attachment Styles and Gottman theory.
What Melissa helps with
- Addictions
- Depression
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
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- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Melissa works
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “She is amazing and so patient and understanding!!”
- “She is very intuitive and really listens, even to things not said!”
- “I feel like I have a safe space on here”
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- “Melissa has been great to me. She is very understanding and nonjudgmental. Which makes it easier to work with her.”
- “I’ve had multiple therapist growing up and this is the first time in therapy where I have felt heard and understood about my issues and what concerns me. I really enjoy that Melissa provides different methods to deal with different issues and is very understanding”
- “Melissa is very practices the art of active listening. She cares and provides the compassion and support that I feel is needed for my healing journey.”
- “She has been very helpful so far, and approaches in a non-judgmental and supportive way. Would recommend!”
- “It’s going great so far.”
- “I appreciate her more than she will ever know!”
- “Melissa is a compassionate and kind counselor who listens well and gives great guidance. She offers effective exercises to take part in between sessions to ensure that you are growing. She even prayed with me at the end!”
- “So far my experience with my therapist and better help in general has been quite helpful. Throughout bettering myself I feel more confident making friends and handling conflict.”
- “Great listener and allows me time to process”
- “I’ve been very appreciative of my time with Melissa. I look forward to her help as I go forward.”
- “My first sessions with Melissa went very well. We both agree that there’s a lot more I need to learn and work on. But I’m very confident that with her help I can grow mentally into the person I want to be.”
- “Melissa was kind, understanding, helpful, and a great listener. She made my first experience very positive.”
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