Dr. Melissa Miller-Munoz, LMHC

Therapist in Florida

Dr.

License MH25728 · Florida Expires March 2027
NPI 1417747312 · national registry
Experience and languages 7+ years in practice English, Spanish

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About Melissa

Dr. Melissa Miller-Munoz is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with seven years of professional experience. She uses a collaborative, person-focused style that centers on each client's lived experience.

Melissa listens first, then helps people set clear, realistic goals for change. Her approach blends practical tools with attention to meaning and values. She draws on the Gottman Method alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques to improve communication and reduce unhelpful patterns.

Background and approach

Sessions often include concrete skill practice, gentle reflection, and steps clients can try between meetings. Melissa works with common struggles like relationship tension, grief, self-esteem challenges, and LGBT-related concerns. She also supports people juggling blended family issues, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, and chronic illness.

Her work addresses both immediate problems and longer-standing family of origin themes. She describes therapy as a partnership. Expect a respectful, empathetic space where your perspective guides the work.

The pace and focus are adjusted to what feels most useful for each person. Melissa offers sessions in English and Spanish and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Her location is Florida and she holds the FL LMHC credential.

The practical setup is arranged after completing a short intake and scheduling step.

Credentials

LMHC (Florida): License MH25728 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1417747312 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Melissa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Self esteem
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
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Life purpose
Multicultural concerns
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Self-love
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Melissa names

These are the approaches Melissa names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.

Online support

Therapeutic approaches for online relationship and life work

Dr. Miller-Munoz often uses the Gottman Method to look at how people communicate and manage conflict. That approach focuses on specific interaction patterns and teaches skills to improve everyday conversations and problem solving.

She also draws on client-centered therapy, which centers the session on the person's perspective and values. This approach helps people clarify what matters most and feel heard as they make changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments to change feelings and behavior in daily life.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try different methods when needed, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and therapist work together to decide which combination of approaches fits best.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face work and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or steady contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does she help with?

She helps with relationship strain, grief, and self-esteem challenges. LGBT-related issues and family conflict are also within her focus.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She listens closely, reflects on meaning, and teaches practical skills for everyday situations.

What experience does she bring?

She has seven years of professional experience working in mental health and conflict resolution. That background informs both practical skills and relational work.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is licensed as a mental health counselor in Florida and practices from that state as an FL LMHC.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to work together.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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