Salina Mecham, LCSW, LICSW
Utah · 6 years in practice
Salina Mecham is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with six years of practice who focuses on helping adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and related life challenges.
License and registration
- LCSW, Utah
- 5006607-3501 · expires September 2026
- LICSW, Washington
- LW61049548 · expires November 2026
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC06195200 · expires August 2026
- LCSW, New Hampshire
- 4058 · expires April 2028
- NPI
- 1942797741 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 6
- 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 Salina
Salina Mecham is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with six years of practice who focuses on helping adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and related life challenges. She is based in Utah and uses clear, direct conversation to help people sort through what feels overwhelming.
Her manner is straightforward and warm so parents and caregivers can quickly see how sessions will feel. She combines practical skills with attention to emotional safety.
Background and approach
Salina draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and from acceptance and commitment approaches to help people clarify values and take meaningful action. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past close relationships affect present reactions. Salina has clinical experience in behavioral health settings and substance use treatment.
That background shaped her comfort with crisis moments and with helping people rebuild when life has become hard to manage. She emphasizes honesty in the room and asks for direct feedback so sessions stay useful. EMDR is among the tools she uses for trauma-related work.
She adapts her approach to each person rather than relying on a single method, drawing from dialectical behavior strategies when regulation skills are needed and client-centered listening when someone needs to be heard. Sessions often focus on everyday skills you can use between appointments, like grounding techniques, communication strategies, and step-by-step plans for change.
Salina encourages active participation and will adjust plans when something isn’t working for you.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Salina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Salina names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It teaches simple practices to reduce avoidance and move toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behavior with practical exercises and homework. It’s often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust over time. Together you’ll decide whether to emphasize skills training, exploration of attachment patterns, or trauma-focused work like EMDR based on how you respond.
Online therapy with this clinician can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit your schedule. Video sessions allow for visual cues and fuller interaction, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat or text can serve for brief check-ins or when a shorter format helps, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options aim to make care flexible so therapy can fit into work, parenting, or other routines.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Salina helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, caregiving strain, grief, parenting challenges, intimacy issues, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She combines practical skills training with listening and validation, using CBT, ACT, DBT, attachment-based and client-centered techniques depending on what the person needs.
What is her professional background?
She has six years of clinical experience and has worked in behavioral health and substance use treatment settings before moving into leadership while continuing to provide therapy.
Which credentials and region apply to this therapist?
Salina holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices from Utah as indicated in her profile.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What formats are used for sessions?
She works using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on the situation and client preference.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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