Dr. Melissa Oleshansky, MI Psychologist
Michigan · 25 years in practice
Dr. Melissa Oleshansky introduces herself as a psychologist with 25 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- Psychologist, Michigan
- 6301012612 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1396870135 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
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 Melissa
Dr. Melissa Oleshansky introduces herself as a psychologist with 25 years of clinical experience. She is based in Michigan and works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and a wide range of related concerns.
Dr. Oleshansky uses a coaching-minded, compassionate style focused on practical steps that build resilience and confidence. Her background includes a doctoral degree in clinical health psychology and two master’s degrees, one in clinical psychology and one in school and community psychology.
Background and approach
She holds the credential MI Psychologist 6301012612. Over two decades of work with adults informs her straightforward approach to common life struggles. In sessions she blends emotion-focused ideas with cognitive and acceptance-based practices.
That means talking about feelings, noticing unhelpful thoughts, and practicing small actions that match personal values. She also uses attachment-based ideas to clarify patterns in relationships and to help people improve how they connect with others. Her style is direct, nonjudgmental, and compassionate.
She aims to teach skills you can use between meetings, such as breathing and mindful attention for stress, or behavioral steps to tackle avoidance and low mood. Coaching tools and therapy concepts are mixed so clients leave with clear next steps. Dr.
Oleshansky offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She frames work as a collaboration and helps each person choose tools that fit their goals and daily life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melissa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Melissa names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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 her approaches translate to online therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name their core feelings and how those feelings shape relationships. Online work can guide someone to notice emotional patterns and practice new ways of connecting or responding in daily life.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. In remote sessions this often looks like short exercises, mindfulness practices, and step-by-step behavioral goals that can be practiced between meetings.
Attachment-Based Therapy examines patterns of closeness and distance developed over time and how they affect current relationships. Online conversations can clarify these patterns and lead to small, concrete experiments in how someone reaches out or sets boundaries.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to learn about your needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend which methods to use. That conversation guides whether sessions emphasize feelings, values and actions, or relationship patterns.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face work and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or written reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to practice new skills in everyday life and to keep therapy consistent with a busy schedule.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, sleep and eating issues, parenting strain, career stress, and other life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is coaching-minded and compassionate with a direct, nonjudgmental tone. Sessions combine emotion-focused work, practical coping skills, and values-based action.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working primarily with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, and transitional life issues.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is listed as MI Psychologist 6301012612 and practices in Michigan.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet and work together.
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 working with her?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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