Melissa Colton

Melissa Colton is an experienced psychotherapist who brings 27 years of work in the mental health field to her practice.

She provides telehealth services and uses a range of evidence-informed approaches including client-centered work, solutions-focused strategies, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices, and dialectical behavior therapy to address presenting concerns.

Her clinical work spans many areas, including stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem difficulties, bipolar disorder and depression, addictions, LGBT issues, relationship and family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related and parenting issues, anger management, career challenges, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.

Melissa approaches therapy from a holistic perspective that attends to body, mind, heart, and spirit. She places great importance on the therapeutic relationship, believing that a strong connection between therapist and client is central to meaningful change. She often notes that people tend to choose change when the discomfort of staying the same becomes greater than the fear of change.

She is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida (FL LMHC MH7533) and aims to help clients rediscover their internal resources. Favoring metaphors of transformation, Melissa draws on the idea that individuals can reinvent themselves and carry forward strengths learned during difficult times. Her goal is to hold space, be present, and help clients move toward the goals that matter to them, guided by the belief that the answers already reside within each person.