Melissa Romain, LISW

Melissa Romain is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, and major life changes. She frames sessions around personal strengths and practical steps. Melissa listens closely and helps clients notice patterns in their thoughts and behavior so they can make clearer choices. She has 15 years of experience in behavioral health, including work in outpatient counseling and residential treatment settings. That background means she has supported people dealing with depression, trauma and abuse, substance use, parenting strains, and adjustment challenges. Her work often addresses relationship problems, anger, grief, compassion fatigue, and issues with attention and impulsivity. Melissa uses approaches that emphasize the therapeutic relationship and present concerns. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She also uses client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person's priorities and solution-focused strategies to identify small, practical changes. Her training and teaching experience inform a thoughtful, reflective style. She aims to help people gain insight into why they feel or act a certain way, and to build skills they can use day to day. Melissa encourages actions that fit each person's life and values. Outside of work she cares for a senior Pomeranian and keeps active with yoga, kickboxing, and weight lifting. She notes limited weekend hours when scheduling and asks potential clients to consider that timing when booking.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of relating. In therapy this can mean noticing how trust, boundaries, and closeness show up now and practicing new ways to respond. Client-centered therapy keeps each session focused on the person's priorities and experience by following the client's lead and reflecting what matters most. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away, which can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and past experiences, and together they will try approaches that fit those needs. Adjustments are made over time so the work can feel useful and realistic.

Confirm current session options before booking to learn which online formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel time, and use shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow people to continue care during transitions or when schedules shift, while keeping the focus on practical skills and insight that transfer into everyday routines.