Melissa Fogle

Melissa Fogle is a California LMFT with 21 years of clinical experience. She works with adults experiencing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and life changes. Her practice also focuses on caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, forgiveness, self-love, women’s issues, and life purpose.

Melissa prefers straightforward conversation and practical steps. She listens to what is happening now and helps people notice patterns that make life harder. Sessions tend to focus on skills for managing distress, managing strong emotions, and processing difficult memories when appropriate.

Her approach draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. DBT skills are used to build emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. EMDR may be offered to address traumatic memories when it fits the person's goals.

Melissa aims to help people clarify what matters and act on it, without promising a certain outcome. She encourages small experiments and steady practice between meetings. Conversations are plainspoken and goal-focused, with attention to what helps in everyday life.

To begin, she asks people to describe current struggles and practical constraints. From there she and the client shape a plan that addresses symptoms and life goals. The emphasis is on workable tools, clearer choices, and reducing the things that get in the way of moving forward.

How DBT and EMDR shape online work

Melissa uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach concrete skills for handling strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication. DBT sessions often include coaching on specific skills to try between meetings and short behavioral experiments to test what helps.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for people who need to process disturbing memories. EMDR involves focused memory processing and can reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions when it fits the client's goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will help you decide whether DBT skills, EMDR, or a different combination best matches your needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and may change over time as symptoms and priorities shift.

The original biography did not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Melissa and clients plan practical arrangements that fit daily life and the goals of treatment.