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Melissa Phelps
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
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23 North Road Ste. A27, Wakefield, RI 02879
Let's Connect (401) 208-2859
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I help people who are struggling with unhealthy relationships, family issues, and past trauma. I will not make your problems disappear but I will give you the tools to overcome them. I will stand by you every step of the way. I have been a practicing therapist for 20 years. Do not continue to suffer reach out today!
I look forward to meeting you individually or with you and your family to understand your perspective on what is happening in your life currently that has led you to make contact. I look forward to meeting with to discover how I may intervene to best help you within the situation you are currently experiencing.
Call or Email Melissa Phelps now for a free 15 minute consultation - (401) 208-2859
Let's Connect (401) 208-2859
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $70
- Couple Sessions $100
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Insurance
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- Harvard Pilgrim
- Neighborhood Health Plan of RI
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
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Melissa Phelps
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Rhode Island / ISW02492 Melissa Phelps
- In Practice for 24 Years
- Attended New York University , MSW, Graduated 2000
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Child
- Eating Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Cancer
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Single Mother
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Single Mother
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Emotionally Focused
- Family Systems
- Gottman Method
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Motivational Interviewing
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused
Location
Primary Location
Melissa Phelps, LICSW
23 North Road Ste. A27
Wakefield, RI 02879
(401) 208-2859Email me
Nearby Areas
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Melissa Phelps
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW