Last edited 09/30/2021

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Melissa Wood
LPC

Accepting New Clients
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Specialties
Specializes in
DepressionAnxietyLGBTQIA related issuesPremarital counselingTrauma
General Expertise
Self-EsteemBorderline Personality DisorderSocial AnxietyADHDAddictionAbuse/Survivors of abuseAdolescent mental healthAdoption & foster careAttachment issuesCaregiver stress & supportCodependencyCollege & graduate student issuesCommunication issuesFamily issuesIdentity developmentOppositional & defiant behaviorParenting issuesStressBehavioral IssuesCouples
Treatment Approaches
Cognitive Processing TherapyFamily Systems TherapyTrauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness-Based Cognitive TherapyExistential Therapy
Clientele
Types of Therapy
Family TherapyIndividual TherapyMarriage & Couples Counseling
Serves Ages
ParentsYoung Adults (18-24)Adults (25-65)Seniors (65+)Adolescents (13-17)
Languages
English
Professional Background
LicensureTexas, Licensed Professional Counselor, 17330
Training/CertificationsTrauma Informed CareTrauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)Family Systems TheoryThe Gottman Method for Couples Therapy
Education
M.S., Counseling and Development, Texas Woman's University
Work History2020-Current: CEO/ Clinical Supervisor of Generations Counseling Center, PLLC. My duties include the supervision of LPC Interns and other fully licensed therapists as well as providing therapy to my own caseload of clients. Our clients are members of all generations of families; children, adolescents, adults and Senior Citizens. We provide counseling to individuals, couples (including pre-marital counseling), and families.. We specialize in family preservation and reunification. 2002- 2020 : Senior Vice President at Children's Hope when I led the therapy and social work aspects of our programs. I supervised the Clinical Director of each program, guiding them in case management decisions and therapy direction. I consulted weekly with each Clinical Team of Therapists and Social Workers regarding treatment planning and on interventions for the Clinical Team and Caregivers to use in the treatment of trauma that our clients had experienced. I also maintained a small caseload, providing therapy to adolescents and their parents and other family members. 2000-2002: Therapist at Buckner Children and Family Services. My responsibilities there included treatment planning and facilitating individual, group, and family therapy for children in the foster care system that were living on a group home campus. I met with the children's house parents weekly to consult about behavioral interventions and parenting techniques. I advocated for the children and adolescent's best care and was the liaison between my agency and other agencies that the child was involved with such as the school system, CASA, juvenile justice, and CPS. 1999-2000: Internship at the Women's Center of Tarrant County where I maintained a caseload of women aged 18-64 who were struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and relationship issues. I met daily with my supervisor, who had 40 years of experience, where she taught me additional strategies and techniques to best help my clients. I also co-facilitated group therapy and couples therapy with her.
Frequently Asked Questions
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