Melanie Gerber, LMHC
Therapist in New York
Melanie Gerber is a New York licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience.
- Licensed inNew York
- License006584
- NPI 1457630956
- Experience15+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Melanie
Melanie Gerber is a New York licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, mood shifts, addiction concerns, and LGBTQ+ related challenges. Melanie focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Sessions are calm, direct, and centered on each person’s needs. Her work draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centered values to build trusting therapeutic relationships. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy depending on what a person needs.
Background and approach
Those methods help with managing emotions, changing unhelpful thinking, and building stronger patterns in relationships. Melanie supports people through big life changes like divorce and career shifts, and through ongoing struggles such as depression, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and grief. She also helps with intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, family of origin problems, and recovery from substance or eating issues.
Melanie pays attention to how past relationships influence present behavior. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She works with clients to set clear goals, try practical skills between sessions, and adjust approaches as progress is made.
She explains options in simple language and focuses on what will help day-to-day. Sessions can include skills practice, values-based planning, emotion regulation strategies, and exploring attachment patterns. Melanie aims to help people build more stable relationships with themselves and others, and to find manageable ways forward when life feels overwhelming.
Credentials
- LMHC (New York)
- License 006584 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1457630956 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melanie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melanie names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How attachment and acceptance work online
Melanie frequently uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and learn different ways of relating. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Melanie will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust over time based on what helps. The aim is to match practical tools to what the person wants to change or build in their life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break during a workday. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing homework support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules while still working on attachment patterns, values, and daily coping skills.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does Melanie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and other relationship and identity challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward, combining attachment-based perspectives with practical skills work to help clients manage emotions and improve relationships.
What is her professional background?
Melanie has 15 years of clinical experience helping people navigate life transitions, trauma recovery, and ongoing mental health concerns.
Where is Melanie licensed and based?
She is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Melanie provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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