/assets/production/practices/0686e0bdc4c9e200e34531e6bf3c99b1665c10d0/images/2501132.png)
About Mary Clark-White
Melissa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a passion and commitment to her profession in helping others navigate through their struggle(s) with grief, trauma, crisis, addiction, anxiety, depression, and feelings of overall emotional distress.
She believes in a collaborative approach to helping clients reach their goals, focusing on each individual’s needs while interweaving clear presence with practiced skill. Her therapy styles include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Humanistic Therapy, and Integrative Therapy, selecting techniques from different orientations best suited to each individual’s situation(s). She works with children, adolescents, adults, and families to find healthy perceptions of themselves individually, and within relationships to move forward towards their health and healing goals.
She holds 6 years of working experience in the Medical Social Work field (outpatient and inpatient), providing support and guidance to individuals and families in emergency crisis situations, newly diagnosed medical conditions, grief, trauma, victims of abuse, those with addiction and mental health disorders. Her educational background includes a Masters Degree in Social Work and a B.S. in Health Sciences from California State University East Bay.