Eddie Melville LMHC

During our first session, it's my goal to get to know you better and to work with you on setting some preliminary goals. Over the course of treatment, you will have an opportunity to gain a better understanding and self insight into your problems. In addition, I aim to also equip you with healthy coping skills that can be practiced outside of sessions as well as homework assignments that dig deeper into the issues we touch on during therapy sessions.

During every session, I will ask open-ended questions and give my clients an opportunity to talk about whatever they would like. I will offer feedback and will also utilize CBT skills such as cognitive challenging, cognitive refocusing, and cognitive reframing. Coping skills are imperative for many clients and if one is struggling to cope, I will discuss, model and give clients a chance to practice several DBT interventions to include distress tolerance skills, emotional regulation skills, cognitive restructuring, and behavioral analysis. If the problems are more relationship by nature, we will discuss communication patterns and I will offer guidance on communication skills to include conflict resolution, boundary setting, and conversational skills.

• Florida, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MH17844