About Melodie
Dr. Melodie Plaise is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who focuses on evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She guides people through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and major life changes.
Her approach is straightforward and practical, aimed at helping people feel steadier in day-to-day life. She draws on several evidence-based methods alongside strength-based and trauma-informed thinking. Sessions center on clear goals and steps people can try between meetings.
Melodie adapts conversations and plans to each person’s situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all script.
Background and approach
Her experience includes six years of clinical work in a range of settings. That background informs a flexible style that blends practical skills, emotional processing, and attention to identity-related stressors. She pays attention to how life events like loss, separation, or major transitions affect mood and functioning.
People who come for help can expect direct but empathetic conversations. Melodie listens for patterns such as abandonment, attachment struggles, control issues, and isolation, and then helps people identify small, manageable changes. She also addresses concerns related to body image, caregiver stress, and communication problems.
Because sessions are shaped around each person, treatment plans can include short-term strategies for panic or overwhelming moments and longer work for trauma, grief, or persistent mood concerns. Dr. Plaise works from Florida as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and offers sessions in English, including to international clients.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Dr. Plaise uses evidence-based techniques that help people manage symptoms and build coping skills. One approach focuses on practical skill-building to reduce anxiety and panic - it teaches breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to lessen overwhelm. Another approach centers on trauma-informed methods that help people process painful memories at a pace that feels manageable, while also teaching ways to handle strong emotional reactions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try options, and adjust methods based on what is most helpful. Together they decide whether short-term strategies or longer-term work is the best fit for the issue at hand.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging support regular contact between sessions and can make it easier to share thoughts in shorter moments. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English