Melissa Racklin, LCSW

Melissa Racklin is a licensed clinical social worker with over 20 years of experience. She works with individuals who have a wide variety of mental health challenges.  Melissa helps individuals to work through symptoms that are holding them back and help them live a better, more fulfilling life.

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Melissa is experienced in the areas of panic disorders, generalized anxiety, OCD, phobias, separation anxiety. She particularly enjoys working with adults who are motivated to grow through the process of therapy. Melissa has worked extensively with clients who have depression, bipolar disorder, women's issues, ADHD, personality disorders, marital/relationship issues along with couples counseling, divorce, self-harm, adjustment disorders, and more. Melissa holds certification in clinical supervision as well as school social worker certification. And has training in red flags for suicidality.

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Melissa's approach is custom-tailored for each individual client. She has a supportive, genuine and authentic style to her treatment. Melissa is warm and empathic and strives to create a safe and trusting therapeutic environment for her clients. She utilizes active listening skills and is intuitive and skilled in various modalities to treatment. Most often, Melissa uses CBT, DBT, and psychodynamic approach in her work with clients.