Melissa Griffiths, MBA, LCSW
You hold everything together on the outside. Inside, something still feels off. What you need is not another productivity system but somewhere real to put the weight down.
About
Melissa Griffiths is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas, serving clients virtually across the state. With an MBA and years of experience working with high-achieving professionals, she brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and real-world understanding to her practice.
She works especially well with women who are successful on paper but feel stuck behind closed doors: the professionals, business owners, executives, and caregivers who hold everything together while quietly running on empty.
Melissa's approach is compassionate first, practical second. She believes counseling should leave you with insight you can actually use, not just a better vocabulary for your problems.
Who I Help
My practice is especially well suited for high-achieving women navigating stress, burnout, life transitions, and the feeling of being stuck. You don't have to be in crisis to deserve a place to be honest.
High-stakes decision fatigue, identity tangled with the company, no one to talk to candidly.
Driven, ambitious, and quietly overwhelmed by the cost of holding it all together.
Pressure at the top that isn't safe to talk about with the people who report to you.
Holding the household, the partnership, and the work, and wondering when it gets to be your turn.
Common Reasons
You don't need a diagnosis to start. You don't need a dramatic story. Most of the women I work with are still functioning; they just know something isn't working the way it used to.
You have momentum in some areas, but something important has stalled. The next level feels out of reach and you are not sure why.
You are not broken. You are building. You want support that matches your ambition and helps you move with clarity and intention.
The résumé is impressive. The bank account is fine. But bringing it all together still feels unfinished, and exhausting to hold alone.
You want your mind to feel like a place of rest, not a constant problem to solve. A steadier center. Less noise. More presence.
There are things you can not say to your spouse or colleagues. Not because they are bad people, but because the conversation needs a different container.
The racing thoughts before bed. The rehearsing of conversations. The sense that something bad is always about to happen.
You've been running on fumes for longer than you want to admit. Rest doesn't fix it.
You know what you should say. The words won't come out, or they come out wrong.
You over-function at work and at home. Everyone else's needs move to the front of the line.
Anything less than excellent feels like failure. The bar keeps moving.
New role, new baby, new city, new chapter. You expected it to feel exciting. It mostly feels disorienting.
Loving your kids and feeling like you're failing them at the same time.
Communication breakdowns, recurring arguments, growing distance with someone you love.
You've hit the goal and felt nothing. The next goal doesn't pull you forward either.
Career, family, partnership, self. The math doesn't work, and no one is volunteering to take a piece.
My Approach
Counseling with me isn't about nodding politely while you vent. It's about understanding the pattern, naming what's getting in the way, and leaving each session with something you can actually use.
"The goal of counseling is to become more fully yourself."
Trauma Processing
Past experiences do not have to define your present. If old patterns, memories, or reactions are still running the show, even when you intellectually know better, trauma-focused work can help you move forward.
Melissa is trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a brief, evidence-based approach that uses guided eye movements to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional charge. ART does not require you to talk through every detail of what happened, which many clients find relieving.
What shifts: the memory stays, but the body stops reacting like it is still happening. You stop avoiding. You start choosing.
Guided eye movements while recalling a distressing memory. The brain reprocesses the experience, reducing vividness and emotional intensity, often in 1–5 sessions.
PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, phobias, performance blocks, and lingering reactions to difficult experiences that talk therapy alone hasn't resolved.
No homework. No reliving every detail. You guide the process. Melissa provides the structure. Most clients notice shifts within the first session.
Services
Both services are virtual, by appointment. All sessions take place over a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform.
Ongoing support for the things that don't have a quick fix: anxiety, stress, transitions, relationships, perfectionism, and long-standing patterns.
$175 / session
Signature Offering
Focused, concentrated support for adults who feel stuck. Not a quick fix. Clarity and direction.
Which Format Fits?
Not sure which one fits? Book a consultation and we will figure it out together.
What Makes This Different
Many of the women I work with come to counseling already articulate, already self-aware, and already able to name the patterns that are not working. They have read the books. They have done the journaling. Insight is no longer the bottleneck.
What is missing is the move. The shift from understanding to action. From naming the pattern to breaking it. From knowing what you want to actually going after it.
That is the work we will do together. Understand the pattern. Clarify what matters. Build practical strategies that work in the life you actually have. Track what is changing. Adjust when it is not.
"The goal of counseling is to become more fully yourself."
FAQ
No. Many of my clients are functioning at a high level, and that is exactly when support tends to do the most good. You don't have to be in crisis to deserve a place to be honest.
Weekly sessions provide ongoing support with a consistent rhythm. An intensive is concentrated work over a defined period, useful when you want momentum on a specific issue or have been putting off a decision for too long.
Yes. Research consistently shows that telehealth is as effective as in-person care for most concerns, including anxiety, depression, and trauma-related issues. All sessions are conducted over a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform.
Contact
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Prefer to call? 817-213-6012