Dr. Melissa Chovan, LCPC, LPC

Dr. Melissa Chovan is a licensed counselor with 13 years of direct therapy experience. She practices in Alabama and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma-related concerns. Her approach is warm and interactive, and she emphasizes listening first and helping people feel understood.

Dr. Chovan’s background includes work in community mental health, state prison settings, child protective services cases, and private practice. She has helped people facing domestic violence, sexual assault, parenting challenges, and problems linked to mood disorders and ADHD. Her varied experience means she often draws on several approaches to match a person’s needs.

She uses practical methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to set clear goals and build skills. Mindfulness practices and dialectical behavior ideas are also part of her toolbox for managing strong emotions and improving coping. Dr. Chovan is working toward more focused trauma work and has learned multiple trauma therapies in recent training.

Therapy sessions are collaborative and paced to the person’s readiness. She highlights hope, empowerment, education, and the therapeutic relationship as central elements of change. People who want a supportive, goal-oriented conversation tend to find this style helpful.

If someone wants to start, they will complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the therapist’s availability. The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time, and fees vary with region and the therapist’s scheduling.

How specific approaches are used in online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a strong therapist-client relationship. It involves open conversation where the therapist reflects what the person says and helps them find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and addiction-related patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the early work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, strengths, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. That plan can change over time based on what helps most, and decisions are made together.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins, or reduce travel time. It also lets people try approaches such as CBT exercises or mindfulness practices from wherever they are, while the therapist guides skill-building and tracks progress over time.