Melissa Lehrich, LCSW
Licensed in California · 25 years in practice
Melissa Lehrich is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and grief.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 22783 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1962698787 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
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About Melissa
Melissa Lehrich is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and grief. She listens with respect and tailors conversations to each person's needs. Her approach aims to make daily life feel more manageable and purposeful.
Melissa draws on practical methods that focus on thoughts, emotions, and behavior. She uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Background and approach
She also works with skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and coping tools. For trauma and abuse, Melissa incorporates approaches that support processing difficult memories and reducing their impact. She helps people who face panic, social anxiety, and insomnia by combining breathing and grounding skills with step-by-step exposure and routine changes.
Many people come for help with parenting stress, communication problems, control issues, and life transitions. Melissa pays attention to how daily routines, relationships, and work demands affect mood and functioning. She helps people set realistic goals and practice small changes that add up over time.
Her style is straightforward and calm. Sessions focus on what is most pressing and on skills that can be used between meetings. Melissa explains tools in simple terms so people can try them right away.
She practices in California and works in English. Melissa accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melissa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Melissa names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
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Online support
How Melissa’s approaches translate to online care
Melissa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT often focuses on practical tasks like tracking moods, shifting routines, and trying experiments between sessions to reduce anxiety or depression.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication. DBT techniques are taught in clear steps and practiced during sessions so clients can use them during stressful moments.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress and preferences emerge.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Melissa commonly help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and career or life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is calm and straightforward. Sessions focus on practical skills, managing difficult emotions, and clear steps you can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Melissa has 25 years of professional experience working with people on a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in California.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions may be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is payment handled and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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