Melissa Laneaux, LCSW
Licensed in Texas · 15 years in practice
Melissa Laneaux is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas with 15 years of practice supporting people through hard emotional times.
License and registration
- LCSW, Texas
- 117413 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1154870582 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
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About Melissa
Melissa Laneaux is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas with 15 years of practice supporting people through hard emotional times. She focuses on real, practical coping skills for stress, anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. Her style is calm and steady, aimed at helping people feel more capable in day-to-day life.
She offers a structured but warm space where clients can talk through painful experiences. Sessions often look at patterns in relationships and emotions.
Background and approach
Melissa pays attention to how attachment, self-image, and past trauma affect current problems. Her work uses straightforward methods to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. That can mean practicing new ways to cope, testing different approaches between sessions, and learning skills to manage strong feelings.
She also focuses on repairing emotional connections when relationship and intimacy issues are present. Clients with substance use concerns, bipolar mood patterns, or histories of sexual assault and abuse will find practical supports for managing symptoms and reducing harm. Melissa also helps people dealing with loneliness, guilt, shame, and life transitions that feel overwhelming.
Sessions are offered in English and provided through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She works collaboratively to set clear goals, track progress, and adjust methods when something isn’t helping. The intent is steady skill building so people can rely on themselves in the long run.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melissa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melissa names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Melissa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, often involving exercises to try between sessions.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to help people manage intense emotions and reduce self-destructive patterns. DBT skills include distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and better ways to communicate when feelings run high.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that seem most likely to help. Adjustments are made over time so strategies match how things are going.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video lets people work face to face when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and skill coaching possible between longer meetings. These options aim to make regular work on goals realistic for people with busy or changing lives.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and relationship or intimacy-related issues, among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and structured with an emphasis on practical coping skills and emotional understanding. Sessions aim to teach techniques people can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working with people on a range of mood, trauma, and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How does billing and cost work?
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?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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