Melanie Dente

Melanie Dente is a licensed counselor in Ohio who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, anger, and work or relationship strain. She uses clear, practical strategies so people can manage symptoms and handle life changes. Melanie asks clients to build skills they can use between sessions and celebrates progress along the way.

She holds the credential LPCC, which stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and LMHC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor. With six years of experience, she draws on several approaches that focus on thinking patterns, emotional regulation, and trauma recovery. Sessions include skills practice, safety planning, and steps to reduce unhelpful behaviors.

Melanie has a lengthy history of working with survivors of trauma and helps people reduce anxiety and test thoughts that cause distress. She teaches ways to manage emotions and improve communication with others. Part of her work is supporting clients to identify helpful people in their lives and strengthen those supports.

Her style is direct and challenge-oriented while remaining supportive. She encourages clients to add practical tools to their toolbox so they can handle future problems more independently. Melanie emphasizes steady effort and marks progress at each step.

To begin, she asks people to reflect on goals and to practice skills between sessions. She aims to challenge clients toward growth while acknowledging each success along the way.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Mindfulness Therapy encourages present-moment awareness and simple attention practices that help reduce stress and reactivity. In sessions this can mean short breathing or grounding exercises and learning to notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical experiments. It often involves setting small behavioral goals and homework to change thought-action cycles that feed anxiety or depression.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication skills. Those skills can be practiced in-session and then applied to real situations people face at work or home.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and which methods feel like the best fit. Together they will try tools and adjust the plan based on progress and comfort.

If you plan to use online therapy, confirm the available session options before booking. The main practical benefits are easier fitting of sessions into daily life, reduced travel time, and flexibility to schedule shorter check-ins when needed. Ask about formats and scheduling when you complete the matching questionnaire so arrangements match your routine.