Melissa Reighn, LMHC

Melissa Reighn is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of professional experience in New York. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, mood concerns, and life transitions. Melissa emphasizes practical steps and steady support to help people move toward more satisfying days.

She approaches care believing each person knows their story best and already has strengths to draw on. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match what a person can manage. Melissa listens for what matters most and helps turn that into small, doable changes.

Her work includes attention to parenting challenges, ADHD, eating and bipolar concerns, and self-esteem issues. She also pays attention to aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, and related family concerns. Melissa draws on several therapeutic approaches to match methods to the problem at hand.

Over the years she has supported people coping with grief, loss, and big life changes. She aims for clear, practical conversations rather than jargon. The process centers on goals the client sets and on steady progress toward them.

People seeking help can expect a calm, respectful approach that focuses on skills and choices. Melissa encourages clients to notice what helps and to build routines that sustain wellbeing. Her work is grounded in steady support and realistic steps forward.

How Melissa Uses Different Approaches in Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes by focusing on meaningful steps rather than trying to eliminate every difficult thought. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses simple strategies to change patterns that keep someone stuck; it often helps with anxiety, mood, and stress-related issues. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that guides people through processing upsetting memories in a paced way to reduce their intensity.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, past experiences, and what feels doable. Then she and the client will try methods that fit those needs and adjust them over time based on what helps.

Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow for different ways of checking in when schedules are tight. Some formats can also work better for low-bandwidth connections or shorter check-ins when a full in-person visit is hard to arrange. A licensed professional will help plan sessions that fit daily routines and practical needs.