- Faith-informed approach
- Skills-focused care
- Multicultural perspective
About Melva
Melva Hartzog is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship struggles. She also works with people facing trauma, self-esteem challenges, depression, and panic disorder and panic attacks. Melva frames care around each person’s life and beliefs, including spiritual or religious concerns when clients want that included.
She uses straightforward, practical methods to help people make sense of their situations. Melva blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and existential ideas to address thoughts, feelings, and daily habits. She also brings motivational interviewing elements to support people who want to make concrete changes in their lives.
Melva emphasizes a whole-person view. She pays attention to career, social life, and the ways faith or spirituality affect recovery and decision making. This can be useful when someone wants therapy that respects both psychological and spiritual perspectives.
Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental. She aims to meet people where they are and to work at a pace that feels manageable. She often focuses on skills that reduce immediate distress while also helping people find longer-term meaning and direction.
Melva holds a Master of Divinity and practices in Pennsylvania as an LPC. She describes herself as multicultural competent and open to discussing identity, guilt, shame, and issues such as abandonment or attachment as they come up in sessions.
How Melva Uses Evidence-Based Tools Online
Melva draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change daily habits. CBT offers concrete steps for anxiety, panic attacks, low mood, and stress by breaking problems into manageable parts.She also uses mindfulness therapy to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness practices can help with anxiety, panic, and rumination by teaching simple attention and breathing skills.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and values. That might mean focusing more on skills practice, exploring life meaning, or using motivational techniques to support behavior change.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available online options before booking. Many people appreciate online sessions because they can fit therapy into busy schedules, shorten travel time, or use a format that makes check-ins easier during a workday. Discuss format preferences when you schedule so practical arrangements match your needs.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, panic disorder and panic attacks, and similar issues. Other focuses include self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct and warm. Sessions often combine practical skills work with conversations about meaning and values.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience as a therapist following her advanced training.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and what about formats?
The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options with the platform before booking to see what formats are available.
What does therapy cost and how do sessions work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule according to the therapist's availability.