Dr. Melissa Oleshansky , MI Psychologist 6301012612

Dr. Melissa Oleshansky brings more than two decades of clinical experience to her work supporting adults through stress, life transitions, anxiety, and depression. Known professionally as Dr. O, she blends a background in clinical health psychology with a strengths-based coaching stance to help clients build resilience and practical coping skills. Trained as a Fully Licensed Clinical Health Psychologist and a Registered Yoga Teacher, she holds a doctoral degree in Clinical Health Psychology and two master’s degrees—one in Clinical Psychology and one in School and Community Psychology. She also carries the credential MI Psychologist 6301012612, which identifies her professional psychologist license.

Dr. O’s approach emphasizes mindfulness-informed cognitive behavioral strategies alongside personalized coaching to address the body's stress response, restore a sense of purpose, and cultivate science-based tools for difficult times. In sessions she is direct and nonjudgmental while remaining compassionate, offering guidance aimed at strengthening self-confidence, resolving self-doubt, and supporting clients to live in closer alignment with their values. Her practice focuses on practical skill building, resilience, and insight so individuals facing transitions and ongoing stressors can find clearer direction and greater capacity to manage life’s challenges.

Evidence-informed approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify personal values and learn practical ways to act in line with what matters to them while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It is often useful for people coping with anxiety, life transitions, and persistent stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), including mindfulness-informed CBT, teaches skills to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors while building stress-management techniques. This approach is commonly applied to anxiety, depression, and coping with change.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and attachment needs, helping people improve connection, communication, and emotional safety in close relationships. It can be especially helpful for relationship and intimacy concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Dr. Melissa Oleshansky collaborates with clients to determine which methods best fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, adjusting strategies as work progresses.

Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into busy schedules, manage transportation or mobility limits, and maintain continuity of support across life changes.