Melissa Annechino

Melissa Annechino is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on concerns such as self-esteem, career questions, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses guilt and shame, life purpose, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), self-love, women’s issues, and workplace concerns. Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.

Melissa uses a mix of therapeutic approaches to help people think through what feels stuck. She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Existential ideas, Jungian concepts, mindfulness, narrative work, and solution-focused techniques depending on the person and the problem. In the room she listens, helps identify recurring patterns, and supports practical steps that can be tried between sessions.

Her style emphasizes exploring how past and present experiences shape current choices. That can mean looking at stories people tell about themselves, noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, and experimenting with small behavior changes. She also works with seasonal shifts in mood and the particular strain of compassion fatigue.

Melissa has a long history in the helping professions and draws on that background when she meets new clients. She describes therapy as a place to slow down, reflect, and process emotional and life challenges. People often start by naming what feels off and then testing straightforward options for change.

Practical steps are part of sessions; clients may set short-term goals and try exercises between meetings. If you want to explore life purpose or rethink a career move, she frames those topics as questions to be examined together. To begin, follow the site steps to share a short questionnaire and schedule an initial meeting.

How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Melissa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT is useful for managing mood, improving confidence, and addressing workplace habits that feel stuck. Existential Therapy is another strand she brings in; it helps people face big life questions like purpose, meaning, and choices after change by examining values and options. Jungian ideas and mindfulness techniques also appear in sessions when useful; Jungian concepts can help people reflect on recurring life themes while mindfulness supports noticing thoughts and feelings without immediate reactivity.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most helpful based on goals and preferences. That means reviewing what has worked before, trying an approach for a time, and adjusting as needed rather than sticking to one method from the start.

The therapist’s biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when momentum stalls. Some people prefer sessions that are video-based for face-to-face conversation, while others use audio for a quicker check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Discuss format choices early so sessions fit into your everyday life.