- Person-centered care
- Works in English and Spanish
- Focus on depression
About Melinna
Melinna Perez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 10 years of experience. She welcomes straightforward conversations about hard things and aims to make the first step feel manageable. Melinna speaks English and Spanish and often helps people who are dealing with depression, anxiety, stress, grief, relationship strain, and concerns around eating and body image.
She works in a way that adjusts to each person’s needs rather than using a single method for everyone. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the client, building practical skills, and finding ways to live in line with personal values. Melinna draws from approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work.
Her background includes both individual and group therapy across outpatient and residential settings. That experience includes supporting people through trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, parenting and adoption issues, compassion fatigue, and intimacy or attachment struggles. She also has experience with LGBTQ matters and gender dysphoria.
In sessions she aims to be nonjudgmental and direct. Clients can expect a calm space to talk, practice coping skills, and try new ways of responding to stress. She encourages people to bring what’s real for them into the room so work can be practical.
Outside of therapy she enjoys music, reading, cooking, and time with family and pets. To begin, readers are asked to use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete a brief matching questionnaire to schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
She works in a way that adjusts to each person’s needs rather than using a single method for everyone. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the client, building practical skills, and finding ways to live in line with personal values. Melinna draws from approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work.
Her background includes both individual and group therapy across outpatient and residential settings. That experience includes supporting people through trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, parenting and adoption issues, compassion fatigue, and intimacy or attachment struggles. She also has experience with LGBTQ matters and gender dysphoria.
In sessions she aims to be nonjudgmental and direct. Clients can expect a calm space to talk, practice coping skills, and try new ways of responding to stress. She encourages people to bring what’s real for them into the room so work can be practical.
Outside of therapy she enjoys music, reading, cooking, and time with family and pets. To begin, readers are asked to use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete a brief matching questionnaire to schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.