Melissa Downey, M.Ed, LPC,
About Melissa Downey (She/Her)
Melissa Downey is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Illinois who has been practicing since 2022. She has an M.S. Ed in Counseling. Melissa believes in taking a holistic, person-centered approach, focused on each person’s strengths as a way to personalize their experience. She strives to work together with clients on achieving those goals through realistic goalsetting, drawing from strengths each person already has within them, combined with new skills learned in session together. Melissa truly believes that everyone has within them the ability, potential, and drive to achieve their goals. In her spare time, Melissa enjoys softball, volunteering with Veteran’s organizations, and reading.
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Couples Therapy: Ages 18-75+
- Individual Therapy: Ages 18-75+
Areas of Focus
Couples Therapy
Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.
- Military, veteran, and first responder mental health
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Social skills & communication
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Autism spectrum & neurodivergence
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Conditions caused by stress
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Eating issues: binging
- Emotional abuse
- End-of-life challenges
- Family conflict
- Focus, concentration & memory
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Hoarding
- Intellectual disability (living independently)
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Men's health/issues
- Mental health during perimenopause
- Mental health related to pregnancy & reproductive health
- Mental health support for chronic pain
- Mid-life transitions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other addictive behaviors
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenting
- Phobias
- PMS & PMDD
- Premarital counseling
- Retirement
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sexual trauma
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Sports performance
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unhealthy eating habits
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Military, veteran, and first responder mental health
- Sexual trauma
- Trauma & PTSD
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Autism spectrum & neurodivergence
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Conditions caused by stress
- Depression/feeling down
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Eating issues: binging
- End-of-life challenges
- Family conflict
- Focus, concentration & memory
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Hoarding
- Intellectual disability (living independently)
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Men's health/issues
- Mental health during perimenopause
- Mental health related to pregnancy & reproductive health
- Mental health support for chronic pain
- Mid-life transitions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other addictive behaviors
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenting
- Phobias
- PMS & PMDD
- Premarital counseling
- Retirement
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Social skills & communication
- Sports performance
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Stress management
- Unhealthy eating habits
Therapy Types
- ACT Therapy
- CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
- DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
- EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy)
- ERP Therapy
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Gestalt Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Narrative Therapy
- Parenting Support
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
- Social Skills Training
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Sports Psychology & Therapy
- Strength-Based Therapy
Insurances Accepted
Languages
- English
Education
- Northern Illinois University
Locations
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224-348-7375
877-428-7891
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Questions About
Melissa Downey
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Melissa Downey generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist. Please call 224-348-7375 to find out Melissa Downey's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Melissa Downey:
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Melissa Downey is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
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Yes, Melissa Downey does offer online telehealth visits.
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