Melinna Perez, LMFT
California · 10 years in practice
Melinna Perez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with ten years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 123816 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1629570726 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Melinna
Melinna Perez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with ten years of clinical experience. She offers calm, practical support for people facing anxiety, depression, stress, eating and body image concerns, and relationship or intimacy struggles. Melinna speaks English and Spanish and draws on a range of approaches to meet each person's needs.
She takes a person-centered stance, which means she starts by listening and joins clients where they are.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual - feeling heard, understanding emotions, and finding manageable steps forward. That approach is paired with skills-based work when useful, such as tools to manage overwhelming feelings or changing unhelpful patterns. Her practice integrates Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) ideas to help people understand and shift how strong emotions affect connections and sense of self.
She also uses elements of cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to address thoughts, behaviors, and values-driven goals. Therapy can include short-term coaching-type work or longer-term support depending on the situation. Melinna has helped people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, parenting stress, and identity concerns including gender dysphoria and LGBT-related issues.
She is also experienced with eating and food-related issues, attachment and abandonment themes, and communication or codependency struggles. Outside of clinical work she enjoys music, cooking, reading, and time with family and pets. Her style is warm, straightforward, and focused on practical change that fits into daily life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melinna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melinna names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How EFT, ACT, and CBT can work in online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on how emotions shape relationships and self-understanding. Online EFT sessions involve noticing feelings, naming patterns, and practicing new ways of responding to strong emotions to improve connection with self and others.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. In teletherapy this often means building simple, daily experiments and learning to accept uncomfortable feelings while moving toward chosen goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises. Over video or phone, clients learn strategies to test beliefs, try behavioral changes, and track results between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up to decide together which ideas to use. That collaborative plan can shift over time as needs change.
Online sessions offer flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins or written reflection. These options let people continue therapy while juggling work, caregiving, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Melinna address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, eating and body image issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy and relationship concerns, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and related topics listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is person-centered and collaborative, with a focus on listening first and then using skills-based work when helpful. She blends emotion-focused work with practical techniques to manage feelings and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Melinna has ten years of experience as a therapist working in a variety of settings and with a broad range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Melinna offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on client preference and scheduling.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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