Melanie Gerber

Melanie Gerber is a New York licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, and major life changes. Melanie also supports people facing addiction, mood concerns, and issues related to identity and intimacy.

She keeps sessions straightforward and person-focused. Melanie listens for patterns that get in the way and helps clients try practical strategies that fit daily life. Expect clear conversations about goals and small steps you can practice between meetings.

Her work draws from several approaches, including cognitive behavioral tools, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused thinking, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. Melanie uses these methods to help with coping, emotion regulation, and rebuilding trust in relationships.

Clients come to her with a wide range of concerns, such as trauma and grief, family of origin problems, parenting strain, body image, and work stress. She also addresses challenges like ADHD, bipolar disorder, and co-occurring substance use with attention to how those issues affect daily functioning.

Melanie aims to create an affirming, nonjudgmental space where people can name what matters to them and try practical changes. Her sessions tend to emphasize collaboration and real-world skills rather than abstract theory.

How Melanie’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes noticing thoughts and values and taking small actions toward what matters. It can help with anxiety, avoidance, and making choices that match your priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relational patterns shape current relationships and can be useful for intimacy issues, trust, and recovering from attachment wounds.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melanie will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration may include trying a few techniques and adjusting based on what helps most.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use visual or behavioral exercises during a session and continue practice between meetings. Talk with the therapist when you schedule to confirm the available session type and how it will work for your routine.