Melissa Whippo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Yoga Instructor.

Melissa has provided therapy for individuals, couples and families for 20 years. 

For over a decade, she worked at UCSF Medical Center and provided therapeutic support for pregnant and postpartum patients. She co-founded the acclaimed Afterglow Postpartum Support Group and initiated a Pre-natal Yoga Program. 

She now has an online private practice where she offers 60 minute sessions to individuals and 75 minute sessions to couples.

In her clinical work at Innerspace Psychiatry in Oakland, Melissa offers therapeutic support to individuals and couples who seek emotional wellness. Working alongside a psychiatrist, she provides Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy to people who suffer from depression, anxiety, addiction, grief and trauma. She provides preparation and integration sessions that do not include medicine.

Her approach is warm and personable. She combines traditional psychoanalytic theories such as object relations and attachment theory with somatic understanding. Melissa also utilizes aspects of yoga, mindfulness meditation and sacred plant wisdom.