Melissa Timlin, LPC
Michigan · 10 years in practice
Melissa Timlin is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Michigan
- 6401013333 · expires February 2029
- LPC, Missouri
- 2025019340 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1134915002 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- 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
Melissa Timlin is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of clinical experience. She sees people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. Melissa aims to make the first steps toward help feel manageable and direct.
She uses a blend of practical strategies and relationship-focused work to meet each person's needs. That can look like short-term skills for managing anxiety or longer conversations about patterns that keep returning.
Background and approach
Melissa draws on approaches such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide sessions. Her background includes addiction counseling and years of service in the U.S. Navy, where she worked on drug and alcohol programs and supported sexual assault response efforts.
Those experiences inform a pragmatic, respectful style that values each person's strengths and history. Sessions often combine talk-based techniques with body awareness practices like restorative yoga breathing and body-scan exercises when useful. The goals are clearer coping tools, steadier mood, and more choice around difficult behaviors.
Melissa practices in Missouri and uses a collaborative approach to decide what will help most. She frames the therapeutic work around a person’s goals and moves at a pace that feels doable. The focus is on small, sustainable changes that add up over time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melissa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- 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)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on feelings and how they shape close connections. It helps people notice patterns in emotional responses and create new ways of relating to strong feelings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes values and present-moment awareness. It teaches practical exercises to accept difficult thoughts and commit to actions that match what matters most. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how those styles show up now. It can help someone understand responses to loss, abandonment worries, or trust issues. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose methods and adjust them over time so sessions fit real life and real needs. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises that benefit from seeing one another. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option for a focused check-in. Live chat and messaging let people share brief updates, get reminders of skills, or check in between fuller sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Melissa help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, low self-esteem, and depression, plus related issues such as attachment concerns, body image, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends practical skills with deeper emotional work. Sessions can include problem-solving, mindfulness exercises, and attention to emotional patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Melissa has ten years of experience working in mental health and addiction counseling, including prior roles in military substance-use programs and victim advocacy.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with licenses in Michigan and Missouri and practices in Missouri.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment 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?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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