Dr. Melissa L. Mitchell, a certified educational psychologist with 11 years of experience, provides comprehensive counseling services designed to address academic difficulties, learning differences, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and more.  Her approach is warm, evidence-based, and emphasizes self-compassion. Dr. Mitchell utilizes proven methods to identify individual strengths and learning styles, creates a safe space for students to develop coping strategies and build confidence, and incorporates mindfulness and self-care techniques to promote emotional well-being and resilience. Working collaboratively with parents, clients, and other professionals, Dr. Mitchell helps children thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

Dr. Mitchell is also the author of several books, including From Survival to Service: The Life-Altering Impacts of Telepractice, a comprehensive guide to the benefits of teletherapy, aiming to educate clinicians, schools, and families on its potential to revolutionize access to mental health and related services.

Dr. Melissa Mitchell

Better Being Connecticut in Glastonbury, CT offers telehealth psychotherapy in both Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Services include therapy for individuals including adults, adolescents, and children, couples counseling, sex therapy, parent support and coaching, and supervision or consultation. Specializations include: Anxiety and Stress, Generalized anxiety, Panic, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD, Social Anxiety, Body image and self-esteem, Work-life balance, Stress Management and Self-care, Relationship and Intimacy, Pre-Marital and Marriage Therapy, Parent Support, Separation, Divorce and Adjustment, Co-parenting after divorce or remarriage, Relationship and Dating Coaching, Communication, Life Transitions and Stress management, Infidelity, Restoring Emotional, Physical / Sexual Intimacy and Trust, Consensual Non-monogamy, Sex Therapy, Pelvic Pain / Painful Intercourse, Low Sexual Desire / Lack of interest in sex, Sexual Anxiety / Avoiding Sex / Sexual Self-Esteem, Difficulty with or inability to orgasm, Erectile Dysfunction, Premature / Delayed Ejaculation, Consensual non-monogamy, Kink and BDSM, Enhance Sexual connection, plea, Other Areas of Expertise, Trauma, Grief and Loss, Family Conflict, Life Phase Adjustments, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Difficulty Managing Emotions, Child and Adolescent Therapy, Trauma, Emotional Dysregulation, Family Conflict, Life Transitions, co-parenting support for couples who are separating / divorcing or re-partnering, children and adolescents who have difficulty with decision making, emotional regulation, peer interaction, and impulse control, Cognitive-Behavioral therapy, creative arts therapy, and mindfulness, supervision hours toward licensure or case consultation.