Melissa Mary Avant is a Therapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Addiction, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Codependency, Coping Skills, Dual Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbance, Life Transitions, Relationship Issues, 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 am not along the lines of the “traditional” therapist, I strive be an authentic person and inclusive for everyone to make clients as comfortable as possible for rapport and reaching therapy goals in sessions. I offer about 6 years of clinical experience in various treatment settings with all ages including prominent experience in addiction, self-harm, depression, anxiety, and other mood-related/co-occurring disorders. My group of focus is primarily adults and adolescents. Each day, I look forward to helping clients achieve goals and enable reflection, insight, and mental/emotional processing. I operate from a person to person-centered approach, where the focus is on the client first and foremost. I strive to obtain the most efficient therapeutic relationship to meet client’s needs and overcome all challenges and barriers. I also am trained in art therapy, where I believe that visual-based interventions can prove equally effective. I aim to help each client become the best, most ful