- Stress and anxiety
- Career and direction
- Bilingual English Spanish
About Melissa
Dr. Melissa Echevarria Baez is a Florida psychologist (FL Psychologist PY9980) with nine years of clinical experience. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, career questions, coping with life changes, sleep problems, and coaching, and she also works with people facing chronic pain, illness, disability, communication problems, and life purpose concerns.
Her sessions tend to be practical and focused. She uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques. In session she helps people notice what matters to them, identify unhelpful patterns, and try small, testable changes to daily routines and thinking.
Dr. Echevarria draws on stress-management and motivation strategies when work, health, or relationships leave someone stuck. She also brings experience addressing sleep difficulties and chronic physical health challenges, helping people develop realistic coping plans and routines. Conversations often include concrete tools for managing anxiety and grief alongside goal-focused coaching for next steps in work or life direction.
She speaks both English and Spanish, which allows for therapy in either language. Her Florida licensure is listed as FL Psychologist PY9980. For people wondering how to begin, she asks a few practical questions first and then focuses sessions on small changes that fit into daily life.
To start, she typically uses a brief matching process to pair people with the right first session and to clarify goals. That initial step helps shape whether to emphasize ACT, CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, or solution-focused work going forward.
Therapeutic approaches and remote sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that align with those values despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. It is often used for stress, life direction questions, and coping with chronic health issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and provides concrete exercises to change patterns that contribute to anxiety, sleep problems, or low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve awareness of daily habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to try based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Early sessions are used to clarify what matters, set realistic goals, and decide whether to emphasize ACT, CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, or solution-focused strategies.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people find remote sessions help fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins or scheduled longer sessions when needed. Online work can make it easier to practice tools between meetings and to bring real-life problems into conversation for immediate planning and feedback.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with related to life direction?
She works with career questions, life purpose concerns, coping with life changes, and related stress or motivation issues.
How does she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses practical methods from ACT, CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work to identify values, shift unhelpful patterns, and test small changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working with stress, anxiety, chronic illness, sleep problems, and motivation-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida psychologist listed as FL Psychologist PY9980 and practices from Florida.
Can sessions be conducted in Spanish?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she work with international clients?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.