Melanie Reyes, LMFT

Melanie Reyes is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She works with concerns such as grief, addictions, sleep problems, parenting strain, relationship difficulties, and caregiving stress. Melanie also supports people facing chronic illness, cancer, body-image struggles, attachment questions, and issues around adoption and foster care.

Her approach centers on the person in front of her. She uses client-centered work to listen and reflect what matters most. Mindfulness and somatic ideas are woven into sessions to help people notice what their bodies and minds are telling them. Melanie also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, when trauma memories need direct attention.

In a typical session she helps people identify small, practical steps. She may draw on motivational interviewing to clarify values and boost commitment to change. Psychodynamic ideas are used when exploring patterns from the past that keep showing up now. The goal is steady, usable change rather than quick fixes.

Melanie describes therapy as a collaborative journey. She aims to create a space where clients feel understood and can try new ways of coping. Sessions focus on concrete skills, clearer self-understanding, and rebuilding daily routines that support wellbeing.

She offers care in California and provides services in English and Tagalog. Melanie holds a California LMFT and brings a calm, pragmatic style to work with people navigating complex life and health challenges.

How Melanie’s approaches fit with online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathic reflection, and helping people name what matters to them. Online sessions can still offer that focused, conversational space to clarify values and goals. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, targets distressing memories and may be used when trauma is a central concern; in practice EMDR involves guided processing of memories to reduce their intensity and the emotions tied to them. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce rumination and increase grounding in daily life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to a client's needs, goals, and comfort level. This is a collaborative process where adjustments can be made as progress is tracked.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into a busy schedule, makes it easier to continue care during health setbacks, or lets them check in with shorter visits when life is hectic. Online work can also make it simpler to try techniques such as mindfulness practices between meetings. Licensed professionals, including this therapist, will help choose an approach and schedule that fits each person's daily life.