Melissa Fogle, LMFT

California · 21 years in practice

Melissa Fogle is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 21 years of experience based in California.

License and registration

LMFT, California: 94344 · expires January 2028
NPI: 1215477351 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 21
Languages: English

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About Melissa

Melissa Fogle is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 21 years of experience based in California. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, trauma, grief, and low self-esteem. Melissa aims to make the first step feel more doable by offering steady support and a calm presence.

She uses practical tools to reduce day-to-day overwhelm and to build coping skills for life changes. Sessions are focused on what matters now - feeling safer with strong emotions, reducing anxious thoughts, and improving motivation.

Background and approach

Melissa pays attention to how guilt, shame, and control issues show up in daily life and helps people move forward from them. Her work also addresses relationship patterns and communication problems. Clients learn clearer ways to say what they need and to handle difficult conversations without escalating stress.

Melissa helps people reclaim a sense of purpose and develop more self-love through small, manageable steps. Therapy often blends skill-building with processing painful memories when those memories continue to cause distress. She aims to make room for grief and loss while helping clients find ways to keep going.

Sessions are conversational and practical, with check-ins on progress and changes between meetings. Melissa welcomes people who want steady guidance through transitions and hard emotions. She works in English and offers a range of online session formats to fit different schedules and needs.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Melissa names

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Online support

How DBT and EMDR fit into online therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, focuses on practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness. It can help people who feel easily overwhelmed by feelings or who struggle to keep relationships stable.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is an approach used to process distressing memories that continue to cause strong reactions. It involves guided sessions to reduce the emotional charge of past events so they interfere less with daily life.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that seem to fit best. Techniques can be adjusted over time based on how well they help with symptoms and daily functioning.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet between work, caregiving, and other demands. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or want brief, ongoing support between sessions.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Melissa commonly address?

She helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach is practical and conversational, focusing on skills to manage emotions and on processing memories that keep causing distress.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Melissa has 21 years of professional work experience in the field of mental health.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted; she practices with clients located in California.

How are online sessions conducted and what formats exist?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does cost and starting therapy work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and new clients begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire.

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