I work with a broad variety of clients, with an equally broad diversity of challenges.  Here is an incomplete list of some of the issues my clients bring to discuss in session every day:

  • Depression: feeling sad or unmotivated nearly every day for far too long

    • Mild, moderate, and severe subtypes

    • Long-term/chronic as well as situational/acute

    • Grief or loss

  • Bipolar Disorder: a more severe form of mood disorder where the client is either extremely happy/energetic/irritated, or extremely depressed

  • Anxiety: feeling fearful or worried, which can take many different forms

    • The classic "worry wart" - who lives by the "what if??" mentality

    • "Free floating" anxiety - can't figure out exactly what it is you're anxious about

    • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - having thoughts you really can't control, and then feeling as if you need to perform some sort of behavior to make those thoughts go away

    • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to trauma of all different types and severities

    • Phobias - of anything from spiders, to heights, to public speaking

  • Life changes: an extremely broad category including, but not limited to:

    • New job/lost job

    • Moving to another area

    • Marriage/divorce

    • New child

    • Health changes

    • Peri/menopause

    • "Mid-life crisis"

    • And pretty much anything else you can think of

  • Parenting Issues: for those parents whose children (ages 8-18) are misbehaving in either mild or severe ways

  • Attention Deficit Disorder with/without Hyperactivity: for both children and adults

  • Abuse victims: individuals suffering from past or current physical, sexual, or emotional abuse

  • Grief: loss of a loved one or a cherished goal

  • Sleep disorders

  • Assessments:

    • Parenting/Custody Evaluations

    • Adoption Evaluations

    • Personality Evaluations

    • Immigration Evaluations

and more...

My training is broad enough to work with almost any client that walks through my door.  Furthermore, the Cognitive-Behavioral approach I primarily use applies well to most issues. 

Contact me:

Address: 310 Third Ave NE, Suite #103; Issaquah, WA 98027

Email: drmelara@gmail.com

Phone: (425) 417-6232