Melinda Dunbar
Texas LPC for relationships, trauma, and life transitions
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About
Melinda Dunbar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with nine years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, depression, and life transitions. Her focus includes attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication problems, and recovery from narcissistic or controlling dynamics.
Her approach integrates evidence-informed methods and a collaborative stance that centers each person as an expert in their own life. Melinda draws on cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-based perspectives, EMDR, emotionally-focused strategies, client-centered practices, and solution-focused work to tailor a plan to individual needs. Areas of additional emphasis include parenting, career concerns, compassion fatigue, and substance-related struggles.
Clients work with Melinda to clarify goals, identify patterns, and build skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. She frames therapy as a partnership that uses structured tools and reflective exploration to address self-esteem, forgiveness, anger, isolation, and purpose. Communication in English and practice under Texas licensure inform her clinical offerings.
Her approach integrates evidence-informed methods and a collaborative stance that centers each person as an expert in their own life. Melinda draws on cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-based perspectives, EMDR, emotionally-focused strategies, client-centered practices, and solution-focused work to tailor a plan to individual needs. Areas of additional emphasis include parenting, career concerns, compassion fatigue, and substance-related struggles.
Clients work with Melinda to clarify goals, identify patterns, and build skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. She frames therapy as a partnership that uses structured tools and reflective exploration to address self-esteem, forgiveness, anger, isolation, and purpose. Communication in English and practice under Texas licensure inform her clinical offerings.
- Location:
- Texas, United States
- Years Experience:
- 9
- Gender:
- Female
- Languages Spoken:
- English
- Therapist of Color:
- Yes
- Communication Options:
- Phone • Video • Live Chat • Messaging
Specialties
Primary area of focus:Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem, Depression, Coping with life changes
Other areas of experience: Addictions, Family conflicts, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Divorce and separation, Forgiveness, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Narcissism, Post-traumatic stress, Self-love
Credentials & Verification
- Credentials: TX LPC 74589
- NPI Number: 1235594581
- License: LPC (Texas)
Remote care with structured and relational approaches
Melinda offers online sessions that blend practical skill-building and relational exploration. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and develop coping strategies, and attachment-based therapy to examine relational patterns that influence current difficulties. These approaches are presented in a collaborative way so the client and clinician decide together which tools and perspectives best fit the client’s goals.
For trauma-related work Melinda integrates EMDR alongside talk-based interventions, using pacing and grounding to attend to distressing memories while also addressing present-day functioning. Solution-focused and client-centered elements appear in sessions as well, emphasizing immediate strengths, client priorities, and stepwise progress.
Online appointments are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Melinda frames remote work as a partnership in which mode of communication and therapeutic techniques are chosen jointly to align with each person’s needs and preferences.
What is Melinda Dunbar’s clinical experience?
Melinda has nine years of professional counseling experience working with individuals on issues such as relationships, trauma, depression, and life transitions.
What credentials does she hold?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the credential LPC and holds Texas license TX LPC 74589.
Which languages does she use in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Where does Melinda practice?
Her practice location is in Texas.
How can clients work with her remotely?
She offers remote communication options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Does she accept international clients?
No. This profile indicates she does not accept international clients.
What does it cost to work with Melinda?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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