ABOUT Melanie Joaquin (NY & NJ)

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Availability: Mornings, afternoons, and evenings (Wed & Thu 10am–9pm · Fri 10am–2pm)

Melanie works with individuals and couples, including LGBTQIA+ clients, men, women, polyamorous relationships, and people across the gender spectrum. She also supports clients navigating interpersonal concerns, addiction, life stressors, career development, and gender-affirming care.

Her approach integrates somatic interventions and evidence-based therapies to help clients understand their emotional patterns, core beliefs, and responses to stress and connection. In her work with couples, she draws from her training in the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT).

Melanie approaches therapy with warmth, thoughtfulness, and respect for each client’s lived experience. Her work is collaborative, reflective, and centered on helping clients make decisions that feel aligned with their needs, values, and goals.

Languages: English and Spanish

Adult ADHD
Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD

Exposure Therapy for anxiety, phobias, and trauma

Gottman Method Couples Therapy

Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Narrative Therapy

Psychoanalysis

Relational Psychodynamic Therapy

Sex Therapy

Solution-focused Brief therapy (SFBT)

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling

New York University

Mental Health Counselor (MHC-LP)