Melissa has provided therapy for individuals, couples and families for nearly 20 years. For over a decade, she has worked at UCSF Medical Center and currently provides therapeutic support for pregnant and postpartum patients. She co-founded the acclaimed Afterglow Postpartum Support Group and began a Pre-natal Yoga Program. 

In her clinical work at the Center for Transformational Psychotherapy, 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, and also provides 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.