Melissa Evans Greene, LPC

Melissa Evans Greene is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Arizona with 10 years of licensed clinical experience and a long history of work in community behavioral health. She has substantial experience supporting both children and adults who have experienced traumatic events, and for eight years she has worked extensively with survivors of sexual trauma and their families. Her clinical work spans age groups from children aged 5 to 17, adults from 18 to 86, and couples seeking relationship support.

Across more than two decades in community behavioral health settings, Melissa has served diverse populations including trauma survivors, individuals with chemical dependency, people affected by mood dysregulation, and children with disruptive behaviors along with their parents. Her areas of specialty include stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment and commitment issues, communication problems, domestic violence, family difficulties, isolation and loneliness, men's issues, midlife concerns, veteran and armed forces matters, multicultural concerns, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress, prejudice and discrimination, sexual assault and abuse, and somatization.

Melissa approaches counseling by building rapport and maintaining a nonjudgmental therapeutic environment. She assists individuals in managing emotions, thoughts, and behaviors and teaches emotional regulation skills designed to improve daily functioning. To tailor care to each person, she attends carefully to clients' identities and cultural experiences - including race or ethnicity, gender, and social class - and works collaboratively to empower clients to define and pursue their goals.