- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma informed care
- Life purpose focus
About Melodie
Dr. Melodie Plaise is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and navigating life changes. She also focuses on concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, and life purpose.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations about what feels stuck or uncertain. Sessions look at how past experiences shape current reactions. Practical coping skills and step-by-step ways to manage symptoms are part of her approach.
The therapist has worked with people from marginalized identities and aims to address race and power dynamics when relevant. She describes her work as trauma-informed and attentive to cultural context. That means she pays attention to how identity and past harms affect everyday life.
Dr. Plaise uses a blend of methods and adapts what she offers to each person’s situation. Together with clients she identifies goals and short-term steps toward them. She also helps people facing specific events like divorce, pregnancy and childbirth, or the end of a relationship.
Her practice notes that sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. International clients are accepted and sessions are offered in English. To begin, prospective clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How evidence-based methods translate to online sessions
Dr. Plaise works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical tools. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, then replaces them with more useful strategies for managing mood and anxiety. This is useful for stress, panic symptoms, and depression.Another strand of her work is trauma-informed care, which pays attention to how past harms affect current responses. In practice this means slowing down, tracking triggers, and building skills for grounding and emotion regulation so difficult memories interfere less with daily life.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will help each person identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan if something is not working. That shared testing helps find the best fit based on needs, goals, and preferences.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into workdays, childcare schedules, or long commutes. Online work can allow shorter check-ins, avoid travel time, and make scheduling more flexible while still focusing on goal-oriented therapy with a licensed professional.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps adults with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional topics include attachment, body image, caregiver stress, and life purpose.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to identify what keeps someone stuck and to build practical coping strategies. Sessions typically focus on current patterns and small steps toward change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working in mental health settings with adults. That experience includes work with people from marginalized identities.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing from Florida. The profile lists the LMHC credential exactly as provided.
What languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm the current online and in-person options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on the chosen plan and location.
What do I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.