- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Melissa
Melissa Oran is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or worn out. She focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, depression, and struggles with addiction. Parents looking for support around parenting concerns will find practical guidance and compassion.
Melissa aims to make sessions straightforward and down-to-earth so people can talk without judgment. She uses simple, proven methods to help clients manage symptoms and make changes.
Background and approach
That can include goal-focused work from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking. She also draws on client-centered principles to keep the work grounded in each person's priorities. For people carrying traumatic memories, Melissa offers trauma-focused care and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, often called EMDR, to reduce the emotional intensity of painful memories.
Mindfulness tools are introduced when they help a person notice and tolerate strong feelings in the moment. Melissa has six years of direct therapy experience and a longer background in social services across Indiana. Her approach is collaborative; she listens first and adjusts methods to match each person's pace and needs.
Sessions follow a practical rhythm: identify what’s most pressing, try skills or new perspectives, and check what’s working. She supports people through life changes, grief, relationship stress, and career strain with clear, manageable steps. If someone wants straightforward, respectful support, Melissa focuses on helping them move forward.
What Melissa works with
Everything Melissa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Melissa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melissa lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Melissa’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's priorities before suggesting changes, so the work begins with what matters most to the client. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and tests small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, EMDR, is used for trauma work to reduce the intensity of painful memories through structured processing.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Melissa collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She adapts the plan over time and checks in about what is helping and what needs to change.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people see facial cues and do deeper processing work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief, ongoing support between sessions and can help maintain momentum and track small wins.
Questions people ask about Melissa
What concerns does Melissa commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, career strain, and parenting concerns among other issues.
What is her style and therapeutic approach?
Melissa works in a collaborative, down-to-earth way and combines client-centered listening with practical techniques like cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness.
How much clinical experience does Melissa have?
She has six years of direct therapy experience and additional years working in social services in Indiana.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
Melissa holds an LCSW, which is listed as IN LCSW, and she practices in Indiana.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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