- Client-focused care
- Skills-based work
- Compassionate listening
About Melissa
Melissa Button is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and struggles with addiction. She also supports those dealing with low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and codependency. Her style is straightforward and focused on practical coping skills people can use day to day.
She begins by building rapport and learning what matters most to each person. That helps her and the client set clear, meaningful goals together. Sessions focus on identifying strengths and practicing tools to reduce symptoms and improve functioning.
Melissa combines several approaches to match what each person needs. She draws on client-centered work to listen and reflect what matters to the client. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She also brings elements of dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic thinking when they fit the goals.
With 15 years of experience and a New York LMHC credential, she has worked across a range of stress- and mood-related concerns. Her background includes supporting people facing caregiver strain, chronic health challenges, workplace stress, and substance use concerns. The focus is on practical steps and steady progress.
Melissa frames therapy as a collaborative process. She treats the person as the expert in their life and helps them access their strengths. The aim is to reduce distress and build routines and skills that make daily life more manageable.
How Melissa’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. Online sessions can still prioritize this clear, respectful listening and collaborative goal setting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and practices new skills. CBT work online often uses homework and short skill drills between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete coping tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance; those skills can be taught and practiced in conversation and with brief exercises.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will help the person decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. This is a shared process that can shift over time as needs change and progress is tracked.
Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to schedule sessions around busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a quick update is needed. It also supports using worksheets, guided breathing, and homework between meetings so skills can be practiced in everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Melissa help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and related concerns such as codependency and caregiver stress.
What is her approach in sessions?
The work is collaborative and practical. Melissa listens first, sets clear goals with each person, and uses skills practice to reduce symptoms and improve coping.
How much experience does she have?
Melissa has 15 years of professional experience working with mood, stress, and addiction-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential and is based in New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what are costs?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.