Melanie Miller (she/her)

LPC, RYT-200
Accepting Clients

As a HSP therapist, I help HSP women turn down the overwhelm, find internal calm, and turn their sensitivity into a source of strength.

Licensed Professional Counselor in Michigan

Services
  • Individual

About My Clients

Do you feel an inescapable despair, like life was supposed to be so much more beautiful than this? Does your heart ache for meaning and purpose? Have you been wounded by religious indoctrination while searching for answers to life’s unanswerable questions? I understand. Together, we’ll quiet the noise, release what no longer serves you, and create a life you no longer want to escape from.

My Background and Approach

My style is warm, exploratory, and collaborative. I use a psychodynamic approach informed by family systems, attachment theory, stages of development, narrative therapy, and Internal Family Systems concepts. I also appreciate Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry, which honors the wisdom of your inner world. I work primarily with women who identify as Highly Sensitive and those who rely on alcohol or other ineffective coping strategies to manage stress. While these strategies may have helped you survive, they often create fatigue, irritability, and disconnection. Together, we’ll explore healthier ways of coping and create environments where you can thrive. I specialize in the lasting impact of early childhood adversity, cultural and religious indoctrination, and societal and patriarchal pressures that foster perfectionism, people-pleasing, and powerlessness. My goal is to help you move beyond survival mode into a life that feels safe, and free.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

What I’ve learned is that suffering is part of life, but the way we narrate our story shapes how we endure it—and how we find meaning and hope within it. I imagine you care deeply about life. With the right support, I believe we can create a story worth telling—one that feels safe, meaningful, and free.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Other Techniques
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Attachment Theory
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Nonviolent Communication
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Relationship Counseling

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Attachment Relationship Issues Women's Issues
Other Issues
  • Addiction
  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Cancer
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Parenting
  • Racial Identity
  • Spirituality
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
  • Blue Care Network
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Christianity

At A Glance

  • Experience: 7 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $160 - 160/session

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