Carrie Melton, LMSW
Compassionate narrative-informed therapy
Details
| Name | Carrie Melton |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMSW |
| Based in | Michigan |
| Licensed in | Michigan |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 12 |
About Carrie
Carrie Melton is a licensed social worker with 12 years of clinical experience in Michigan. She uses a narrative-informed lens to help people make sense of their stories and find new ways forward. Her practice aims to be affirming and welcoming to diverse identities, including LGBTQ people.
She helps with depression, anxiety, stress, and big life changes. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, and challenges around work or career.
Background and approach
Carrie often addresses relationship and communication problems and offers coaching around coping and self-care. Her style is collaborative and person-centered. Sessions focus on listening to each person’s story, naming unhelpful patterns, and testing small shifts that feel doable.
She draws from approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to create practical tools for daily life. Carrie has additional experience with ADHD, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and aging concerns. She also accepts clients dealing with topics such as codependency, sexual expression and kink dynamics, fertility and forgiveness work.
People describe her work as respectful and grounded in real-world steps. She helps clients build resilience and clarify values so they can make choices that fit their lives. Sessions are offered in English to residents of Michigan.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Depression among the things Carrie works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Carrie among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Carrie among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Carrie among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Carrie among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Carrie among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Carrie among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Carrie among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Carrie among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Carrie among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Carrie among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Carrie directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Carrie directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Therapeutic approaches used in online care
Many of Carrie’s sessions draw on Narrative Therapy, which helps people separate themselves from the stories that limit them and open up new ways of understanding their lives. This approach can be useful for people facing identity questions, life transitions, or repeating relationship patterns.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking small, committed steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts or feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical behavioral experiments to reduce distress and improve functioning.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and daily routines. That can mean blending techniques or shifting focus as needs change.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people work face-to-face without traveling, while phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief touchpoints, journaling-style exchanges, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different formats until the best fit is found.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Carrie commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and life transitions, plus relationship and intimacy-related issues. The practice also covers career coaching, compassion fatigue, and many related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a narrative-informed, client-centered approach that invites people to retell their story and try small changes. Practical strategies from ACT, CBT, and DBT may be used to manage symptoms and build skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Carrie brings 12 years of experience as a licensed social worker supporting a range of challenges from mood disorders to caregiver stress. That background informs her practical, skills-focused work.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Michigan and holds an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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