Melissa Oden is a Therapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Anger Management, Bipolar Disorder, Codependency, Divorce, Dual Diagnosis, Family Conflict, Life Transitions, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, and Women's Issues. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
I have a passion for working with individuals and guiding the therapeutic healing process. My area of focus is adverse life events and trauma. At the core, trauma overwhelms our coping abilities and activates our fight, flight, or freeze response usually resulting in feeling hopeless and helplessness. When this system is activated it creates an imbalance in our daily functioning as a result of doing everything we can to avoid that feeling! We learn to cope with things the best we can and sometimes the way we cope becomes ineffective as well as destructive. It affects our outlook, relationships, health, interactions with others. I am an Associate Licensed Clinical Social Worker and obtained my Masters of Social Work from the University of Georgia. I have worked in multiple crisis management facilities where I have assisted individuals facing all types of mental health conditions. I specialize in Trauma and Anxiety and utilize evidence based practices to produce positive change. I use a