Dr. Melissa Miller-Munoz, LMHC
Compassionate somatic-informed counseling for relationships and grief
About Melissa
Dr. Melissa Miller-Munoz is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who blends somatic awareness with talking therapy. She draws on practical skills and gentle curiosity to help people facing relationship strain, grief, self-esteem concerns, and LGBTQ issues.
Dr. Miller-Munoz works in English and Spanish and has seven years of clinical experience as an LMHC. Her sessions connect body sensations to emotions so people can notice how stress shows up physically.
Background and approach
She pairs that somatic attention with client-centered conversation to make space for what matters most to the person in front of her. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas are also used to help change unhelpful thoughts and small behaviours that keep problems stuck. People often come for help with family conflict, blended family or fatherhood issues, adoption and foster care questions, or communication problems.
She also supports folks dealing with chronic pain, illness, caregiver stress, and body image concerns. Grief, forgiveness work, and commitment or control struggles are within her focus areas too. Sessions are collaborative and practical.
Goals are set together and adjusted over time. The tone aims to be respectful and direct, with tools taught in plain language so they can be used between sessions. To begin, prospective clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
Therapy is provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How somatic and talk therapies work online
Somatic awareness pays attention to bodily sensations and how they connect to feelings and thoughts. Online sessions can still use this approach by guiding clients to notice breath, tension, or grounding cues and then talk about what those sensations mean for them. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience without judgment. In remote sessions the therapist provides a supportive, non-directive space where clients lead the conversation and set the pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours and teaches practical steps to shift unhelpful patterns. In online work this may include thought records, behaviour experiments, and homework that people can try between meetings to test new responses.
Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That decision can change over time as progress and preferences become clearer.
Online sessions through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. Video calls let people keep visual connection, while phone and messaging can feel more personal or easier to fit into a day. These formats make it possible to access a licensed professional from home or another convenient location, and to continue work between in-person options.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish