Melody Chen, Ed.S., M.S.Ed, LCPC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
I earned my Ed.S. and M.S.Ed from Indiana University Bloomington, and I have experience working across community mental health, home-based therapy, crisis intervention, and residential treatment. My professional background includes working with clients presenting adjustment disorder, ADHD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, complex trauma, and psychosis.
I believe that healing happens through connection, and that deep change is possible when people feel truly seen. I strive to create a space where clients feel safe, understood, and gently challenged. My approach is collaborative, strength-based, and humanistic, and I work alongside clients to build problem-solving skills, self-awareness, and resilience.
Areas of Focus / Specialties
I work with individuals who are navigating:
- Anxiety, depression, and mood disorders
- Complex trauma and generational trauma
- Acculturative stress and systemic inequities faced by marginalized and migrant populations
- Family and relational conflict
- Neurodivergence and psychosis
My work is informed by short-term solution-focused therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and third-wave approaches including DBT, ACT, and mindfulness- and acceptance-based modalities. I’m trained in trauma therapy, EMDR, and Emotion-Focused Therapy for couples. I contextualize this work within systems — family and the larger societal structures clients move through — and specialize in helping marginalized and migrant clients shift from surviving to thriving. I believe deeply in healing generational trauma and in holistic care for mental health.
Clients often describe me as warm, authentic, and humorous. In sessions, you can expect deep empathy, honest reframing, and a space where laughter coexists with the harder work.
Outside of the therapy room, I love good food, animals, traveling, catching a stand-up comedy show or concert, and reading on a lazy weekend.
Melody Chen, Ed.S., M.S.Ed, LCPC
臨床專業諮商師（Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor）
學經歷背景
我於印第安納大學布魯明頓分校取得教育專家學位（Ed.S.）與教育碩士學位（M.S.Ed.）。多年來，我曾在社區心理衛生機構、到宅治療、危機介入與住院治療等不同場域執業，服務對象涵蓋適應障礙、注意力不足過動症、憂鬱症、焦慮症、躁鬱症、複雜性創傷,以及精神病症等各類議題。
我的理念
我相信真正的療癒來自於人與人間深度的連結，而當一個人被真正看見、被理解時，改變才會發生。我希望為每一位個案創造一個安全、被理解、同時也能被溫柔挑戰的空間。我的諮商取向強調合作、優勢導向與人本精神，陪伴個案一起培養解決問題的能力、自我覺察與韌性。
服務議題
我協助個案面對以下議題：
- 焦慮、憂鬱與情緒困擾
- 複雜性創傷與代間創傷
- 移民與少數族群所經歷的文化適應壓力與系統性不平等
- 家庭與人際關係議題
- 神經多樣性與精神病症相關議題
治療取向
我的諮商工作融合短期焦點解決療法、心理動力取向,以及第三波認知行為療法(如辯證行為療法DBT、接納與承諾療法ACT、正念與接納取向)。我同時受過創傷治療、眼動減敏與歷程更新療法(EMDR)，以及情緒取向伴侶治療（EFT）的專業訓練。我將個案的困境放在更大的系統脈絡中理解——包含家庭與整體社會結構——特別專注於協助移民與弱勢族群，從「生存」邁向「茁壯」。我深信跨世代創傷需要被深層療癒,也相信心理健康工作應該回歸整體、全人的照護。
與我一起工作
個案常形容我溫暖、真誠而幽默。在會談中,你會感受到深刻的同理、真誠的重新詮釋,以及一個讓笑聲與艱難課題並存的空間。
私下的我
在諮商室之外,我喜歡美食、動物、旅行，也喜歡去看場單口喜劇或音樂會，或是在悠閒的週末享受閱讀時光。
