Melissa Morais Parr
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
“I specialize in providing therapy to those who are struggling with their parenting, postpartum, anxiety, depression, and life stressors.”
About Me
When parenting, postpartum changes, anxiety, depression, or daily stressors feel overwhelming, I offer a supportive space. I help individuals and families navigate these complex challenges. We can explore your unique experiences together, making sense of difficult emotions. My approach aims to help you find effective ways forward, feeling truly heard and understood. This support builds clarity and resilience, helping you manage life's demands.
Approach
When caring for children, adjusting after birth, or managing mood and daily overwhelm, problems often show up as crowded days and frayed routines; I help you map what's most urgent and create small, doable steps toward relief. I offer appointments in San Diego and secure online sessions in English, paced to fit busy parents, partners, and individuals. In sessions we try brief experiments, gentle mindfulness, and clear cognitive tools, then adapt based on what works between meetings. This practical, collaborative pace tends to help adults and couples navigating transitions who want steady, manageable progress.
Contact Melissa
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Basic Information
Services
Services Offered:
- •Counseling
- •Free Consultation
- •Relationship Counseling
- •Mindfulness
- •Online Therapy
- •CBT
- •Individual Therapy
Works With:
- •Adults
- •Couples
- •Individuals
- •Parents
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
- •Life Transitions
- •Anxiety
- •Mood Disorder
- •Postnatal or Perinatal Depression
- •Parenting Support
- •Pregnancy & Fertility Issues
- •Relationship Issues
- •Stress / Burnout
Professional Title:
- •Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Qualifications
Alliant International University
Registrations
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist