Melody Nicholas MA, LCMHC, NCC, CCMHC

Many women come to therapy after spending years managing roles, expectations, and transitions while losing sight of their own needs. You may be navigating relationships, motherhood, caregiving, identity, work, aging, or the belief that you should be able to hold everything together. Our work creates room to question inherited expectations, strengthen boundaries, reconnect with what matters to you, and make choices that feel more authentic rather than simply meeting everyone else’s needs.

Food and body concerns can consume enormous amounts of time, energy, and mental space. I support adults experiencing eating disorders, disordered eating, or difficult relationships with food, exercise, and their bodies. My training includes mindfulness-based eating, Body Positive facilitation, IAEDP core coursework, and eating-disorder-informed care. Treatment is weight-inclusive and may draw from CBT, ACT, mindfulness, body-centered work, ERP, or FBT when appropriate.

Anxiety does not always look like panic. It may show up as overthinking, perfectionism, indecision, physical tension, or the feeling that something always needs managing. We will look at what keeps the anxiety going rather than relying only on generic coping skills. CBT, ACT, mindfulness, body-centered practices, and ERP when appropriate can help you relate differently to thoughts, tolerate uncertainty, and respond with greater flexibility.

Anxiety does not always look like panic. It may show up as overthinking, perfectionism, indecision, physical tension, or the feeling that something always needs managing. We will look at what keeps the anxiety going rather than relying only on generic coping skills. CBT, ACT, mindfulness, body-centered practices, and ERP when appropriate can help you relate differently to thoughts, tolerate uncertainty, and respond with greater flexibility.

Food and body concerns can consume enormous amounts of time, energy, and mental space. I support adults experiencing eating disorders, disordered eating, or difficult relationships with food, exercise, and their bodies. My training includes mindfulness-based eating, Body Positive facilitation, IAEDP core coursework, and eating-disorder-informed care. Treatment is weight-inclusive and may draw from CBT, ACT, mindfulness, body-centered work, ERP, or FBT when appropriate.

Many women come to therapy after spending years managing roles, expectations, and transitions while losing sight of their own needs. You may be navigating relationships, motherhood, caregiving, identity, work, aging, or the belief that you should be able to hold everything together. Our work creates room to question inherited expectations, strengthen boundaries, reconnect with what matters to you, and make choices that feel more authentic rather than simply meeting everyone else’s needs.

Anxiety does not always look like panic. It may show up as overthinking, perfectionism, indecision, physical tension, or the feeling that something always needs managing. We will look at what keeps the anxiety going rather than relying only on generic coping skills. CBT, ACT, mindfulness, body-centered practices, and ERP when appropriate can help you relate differently to thoughts, tolerate uncertainty, and respond with greater flexibility.

Food and body concerns can consume enormous amounts of time, energy, and mental space. I support adults experiencing eating disorders, disordered eating, or difficult relationships with food, exercise, and their bodies. My training includes mindfulness-based eating, Be Body Positive facilitation, IAEDP core coursework, and eating-disorder-informed care. Treatment is weight-inclusive and may draw from CBT, ACT, mindfulness, body-centered work, ERP, or FBT when appropriate.

Person-centered therapy means you are not treated as a diagnosis or handed a preset plan. I bring empathy, curiosity, honesty, and respect for your autonomy, while you remain the expert on your own life. We will build goals together, notice what feels useful, and adjust as your needs change. This foundation gives you room to explore difficult experiences without judgment, strengthen trust in yourself, and make changes that reflect your values rather than someone else’s expectations.

ACT is central to my clinical work, and I have pursued additional training in the model. I use it to help clients step back from unhelpful thoughts, make room for difficult emotions, clarify personal values, and choose actions that move them toward the life they want. I often draw on ACT for anxiety, eating and body-image concerns, perfectionism, and life transitions, especially when clients feel stuck in avoidance, self-criticism, or rigid patterns.

With additional CBT training, I use this approach to help clients understand how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another. Together, we identify patterns that may be keeping them stuck, examine beliefs with curiosity, and practice more flexible and effective responses. CBT is woven throughout my work with anxiety, eating and body-image concerns, and life transitions, and I often integrate it with ACT, mindfulness, and other approaches to fit the individual client.

Person-centered therapy is foundational to how I work. I believe clients are the experts on their own lives, and therapy should be collaborative, respectful, and responsive rather than prescriptive. I bring warmth, curiosity, honesty, and flexibility to the relationship, creating space for clients to feel understood while supporting them in making meaningful change.