Melissa McLaurin, LPCC

Melissa McLaurin is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota with 10 years of clinical experience supporting people through traumatic events, anxiety, depression, and complex family concerns. She works with a wide range of issues including stress, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, self-esteem, relationship difficulties, grief, anger, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Her additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger Syndrome, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, commitment and communication problems, divorce and separation, family of origin issues, fatherhood challenges, forgiveness, impulsivity, and infidelity.

Her counseling style is grounded in curiosity, respect, and acceptance, and she brings a culturally aware, nonjudgmental perspective to her work. As an LPCC Melissa is trained to provide professional clinical counseling and blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices, psychodynamic approaches, solution-focused work, and trauma-focused therapies. This combination allows her to tailor treatment to each person’s strengths and needs.

Melissa emphasizes collaboration and individualized care, working with people to develop strategies that align with their values and day-to-day realities. She recognizes the courage it takes to seek support and approaches each therapeutic relationship as a partnership, viewing it as a privilege to accompany people on their path toward greater understanding and resilience.