Melissa Hunt, LMSW

Michigan · 18 years in practice

Melissa Hunt is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and family challenges.

License and registration

LMSW, Michigan: 6801089249 · expires August 2028
NPI: 1992987002 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 18
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Melissa

Melissa Hunt is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and family challenges. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier. Melissa writes short, clear plans with each person so progress feels doable.

She uses a mix of approaches to match what a person needs. That can include talking through thoughts and behaviors, learning new coping skills, mindfulness practice, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) when appropriate.

Background and approach

Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit the person’s tolerance. Melissa pays attention to family roles and parenting strains without assuming one solution fits everyone. She helps people who worry about blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment challenges, and communication problems.

She also addresses addiction, impulsivity, jealousy, infidelity, divorce and separation, and caregiver stress. Her style is straightforward and rooted in the client’s goals. She teaches tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to manage intense emotions and change unhelpful patterns.

Mindfulness skills are used to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Practicing in Michigan, Melissa supports individuals working through life purpose questions, career stress, and family of origin issues. She aims to make therapy useful and relatable, so people leave sessions with one or two concrete steps to try before the next meeting.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Melissa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Family conflicts
Parenting issues
Career difficulties
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Communication problems
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Jealousy
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Melissa names

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Online support

How therapy approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your priorities, then shaping sessions around what matters most to you. It helps when someone needs space to talk and to be heard while figuring out next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful routines. It is useful for stress, workplace strain, and mood challenges. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to help process distressing memories or past events; it typically involves targeted attention and guided processing to reduce emotional charge.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, try a few methods, and adjust the plan as you go. That way the work stays focused on what you want to change and how fast you want to move.

Online therapy offers flexible session formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging lets you reflect between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy day and keep continuity when schedules shift.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Melissa address?

Melissa supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, family and parenting concerns, and career issues, plus related areas such as adoption and foster care, attachment issues, and communication problems.

How would she describe her therapy style?

Her style is collaborative and practical. She focuses on clear, achievable steps and uses skills-based work to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

What is her background and experience?

She holds a Master of Social Work and has 18 years of clinical experience helping people navigate life transitions, mood concerns, and relationship challenges.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

Melissa is licensed in Michigan as an LMSW and provides services to people located in that state.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What formats are available for sessions?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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