Melva Hartzog, LPC

Melva Hartzog practices with an integrative, holistic perspective that recognizes healing as a process involving mind, body, and spirit. She emphasizes the development of psychosocial areas of life - career, emotional, social, and interpersonal - as part of a comprehensive path toward wellbeing.

Her work frames life events and struggles within social, environmental, interpersonal, religious, and spiritual contexts, and she affirms that everyone deserves the opportunity to live fully without religious, racial, gender, or sexual bias. This broad view guides how she collaborates with people to make sense of their experiences and move forward.

Clinically, she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), including Christian- and spiritually-integrated CBT, and operates with multicultural competence. Melva is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and holds a Master of Divinity degree, providing both clinical counseling training and formal theological education that inform her practice.

She recognizes that some individuals seek counseling that integrates Christian beliefs - whether they are facing a crisis of faith, want to understand Biblical principles in relation to life challenges, or need spiritual perspective during difficult times. For those clients, she blends therapeutic techniques with attention to spiritual concerns as part of treating the whole person.

Understanding that beginning therapy can feel difficult, Melva prioritizes meeting people where they are without judgment. Her goal is to offer a warm, non-judgmental, healing environment, and she encourages clients with the perspective that "The past cannot be changed, the future is yet in your power."