Melinda Barth, LPCC

Melinda Barth is an LPCC who focuses on helping people change thoughts and everyday habits that get in the way of daily life. She brings a warm, approachable style and often uses gentle humor to make sessions feel comfortable. Melinda likes to work collaboratively and helps clients find useful tools they can actually use between appointments.

She has worked in behavioral health since 2019 and has experience across a variety of treatment settings. That experience informs how she blends different techniques to fit each persons situation. Melinda draws on Adlerian ideas about how goals and social context shape behavior, and she pairs those ideas with evidence-based techniques to address stress, anxiety, and self-esteem concerns.

Melinda regularly helps people with ADHD-related challenges, intimacy-related issues, and concerns connected to sexuality and body image. She also supports those coping with obsessions, compulsions, and social anxiety or phobia. Her style is practical - she focuses on skills and small changes that add up over time.

She primarily works with older adolescents, ages 16 and up, as well as adults ages 18 and older. Sessions emphasize curiosity and self-awareness, with an eye toward everyday routines and habits that influence mood and relationships.

Outside of therapy work she enjoys hot yoga, walking and running, playing guitar, and reading or watching true crime stories, which she says help her recharge between sessions.

Evidence-based techniques and online therapy

Melinda integrates practical, evidence-based techniques into her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking to change feelings and behavior over time. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to manage strong emotions and improve relationships.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client talk through goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Melinda emphasizes curiosity and real-world tools so clients can see what fits their life and needs.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, cut down travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also reduce the need to arrange long breaks from work or school, and make it simpler to maintain continuity of care when routines change.