Melissa DeLong, LICSW, is a compassionate and skilled therapist dedicated to guiding her clients through the emotional rollercoaster of life. Many individuals she works with seek help after enduring intense emotional highs and lows, longing to learn new coping skills or strengthen existing ones. Her clients often grapple with challenges such as self-harming behaviors, suicidality, addiction, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, or anxiety and depression. However, they all share a common goal: to not only regulate their emotions more skillfully but to build a life they actively desire, rather than one they merely endure. Melissa understands that this journey can be challenging and demands great courage from her clients. Therefore, she fosters a calm, focused, and nonjudgmental environment as they delve into the underlying thoughts and behaviors driving their experiences. Her therapeutic approach artfully combines warmth and compassion with solution-focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) interventions. Clients gain greater awareness of automatic thought patterns that add to their suffering and learn to embrace their thoughts without judgment. They work to replace old, self-destructive behaviors with healthier, adaptive coping skills. Witnessing transformative outcomes through DBT is a highlight of Melissa's practice, and she is honored to be a guide in each client’s healing journey.