Location
Offers online therapy
In person and virtual sessions available.
About
I offer counseling and dance/movement therapy to help people move through life’s ups and downs. I can help people through normal challenges as well as with diagnosis and treatment of disorders. Additionally, I offer Chattanooga’s first dance/movement therapy private practice. Dance/movement therapy uses body language and creative expression to build connection, awareness and healing. This modality is effective, in part, because: communication is 90% nonverbal; everyone moves in some way; putting things into words is sometimes too difficult; and emotions and struggles often have a physical component.
After a successful 30+ year career, I felt a deep desire to help others, leading me to become a Mental Health Counselor. Additionally, having experienced the healing power of dance in my own life, I further pursued credentialing in Dance/Movement Therapy. Whether you want to talk, move, or dance through your struggles, I can help.
I use an embodied approach in therapy. I believe that every person has the internal ability to heal and everyone needs help from time to time. My work with clients is informed by a humanistic approach, utilizing aspects of solution/strengths-based, attachment-focused, and psychodynamic theories.
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Call or Email Melissa Meade for a free 15 minute consultation now - (423) 226-5482
Finances
- Cost per Session: $100
Pay By:
American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
I do not take insurance; I prefer to work with clients to determine the path through counseling instead of conforming to insurance policies.
Email me or call (423) 226-5482 with questions.
Qualifications
- Prelicense: Tennessee / LPC/MHSP-T 4896
- School: Capella University
- Year Graduated: 2010
- Supervisor: Judy Herman
- Supervisor License: Tennessee / TN-2087
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: National Board of Certified Counselors / 261098
- Certificate Date: 2010
- Certificate: American Dance Therapy Association / R-DMT-1775
- Certificate Date: 2011
Location
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Illness
Issues
- Anxiety
- Career Counseling
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Grief
- Infertility
- Life Transitions
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Stress
- Women's Issues
Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
Communities
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Immuno-disorders
- Lesbian Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Queer Allied
- Single Mother
- Veterans
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dance Movement Therapy
- EMDR
- Experiential Therapy
- Expressive Arts
- Humanistic
- Hypnotherapy
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Jungian
- Person-Centered
- Psychodynamic
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
Modality
- Individuals
- Group
Last Modified: 16 Mar 2022
(423) 226-5482