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Melissa Brabandt, NCC

Licensed Professional Counselor

License #640101100519 years of experienceAges 17+

Hello! I am Melissa Brabandt, a Licensed Professional Counselor with over a decade of experience working with clients living with anxiety and depression, as well as people having difficulty with life transitions and change. I firmly believe that people can live a healthy, happy, and productive life while learning to manage and overcome anxiety and low mood.

I would love to help you develop skills to maneuver the waters of feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, or low. My goal is to provide a safe place for you to share your concerns and to help create action steps that reflect your needs and abilities. Drawing from different therapeutic approaches, I provide a personalized space for clients to create and practice coping techniques. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness provide the foundation of my style as a therapist as I have found that recognizing how our thoughts are related to our emotions and behaviors is incredibly empowering for clients.

Together, we can figure out what works for you, recognizing that you have many strengths and coping skills that you are already using. Working collaboratively, we can build on these skills and make them more effective.

I work with

IndividualsTeens

Accepted insurances

  • 6 Degrees
  • 90 Degree Benefits
  • Aegis LLC
  • Aetna/ First Health
  • Aetna
  • Aetna Affordable Health Choices/ Aetna Voluntary
  • Aetna EAP
  • Allstate Benefits (through Allied Benefit Systems)
  • American Continental (Aetna Senior Supplemental)
  • Assured Benefit Administrators
  • Boon-Chapman Administrators/ Wellnet Healthcare
  • Christian Brothers Services

I specialize in

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Life Transitions
  • Mood Disorder
  • Stress
  • Women's Issues
  • Person-Centered
  • Positive Psychology
  • Trauma Focused
  • Anger Management
  • Bipolar
  • Grief and Bereavement

Treatment approaches

  • Person-Centered
  • Positive Psychology
  • Trauma Focused
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Interpersonal

Education

Master of Arts in Counseling

Oakland UniversityGraduated 2007

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