Therapist in Brecksville, Ohio Melanie Falls, Therapist
Gender Identity: Female (She/Her)
Ages Served: 15-75+
Appointments: In-office and Online
Manages Medications: No, provides therapy only
Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans
Melanie Falls, MSW, LISW-S
Specializes In:
Melanie Falls is an LISW-S and LICDC-CS who has been practicing since 1995. She graduated from KSU’s Honors College and Case Western Reserve University with a Master’s in Social Science Administration. Her track was clinical with a focus on working with Adolescents, Adults and Families.
Melanie believes in starting with where the individual client is and understanding what has influenced them including the family and systems in which they exist. She believes in using an eclectic approach individualized to each client. She is trained in Mind Body techniques, Meditation, Trauma Informed Care, CBT, DBT, Couple and Family Therapy and Chemical Dependency treatment approaches. Her main areas of focus include depression, anxiety, trauma, women’s issues, LGBTQIA populations, couples and families.
In her spare time Melanie volunteers for the Human Rights Campaign working with marginalized populations. She is passionate about books, travel, health/wellness and fashion. She spends her spare time with her partner, four children and eight grandchildren
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Family Therapy: Ages 15-75+
- Couples Therapy: Ages 18-75+
- Individual Therapy: Ages 15-75+
Areas of Focus
Family Therapy
Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Fertility
- LGBTQ+
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Ability status
- Alcohol use
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Caregiving
- Depression/feeling down
- Detachment/disconnection
- Dissociative disorders
- Drug/substance use
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Empty nesters
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Immigration/cultural status
- Intense mood changes
- Marital stress or divorce
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- PMS & PMDD
- Premarital counseling
- Racial identity
- Self-esteem
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
Couples Therapy
Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.
- LGBTQ+
- Social injustice
- Ability status
- Aging
- Alcohol use
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Caregiving
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Drug/substance use
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Emotional abuse
- Empty nesters
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Immigration/cultural status
- Intense mood changes
- Marital stress or divorce
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Racial identity
- Retirement
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Fertility
- LGBTQ+
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Ability status
- Aging
- Alcohol use
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Caregiving
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Drug/substance use
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Emotional abuse
- Empty nesters
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender affirming evaluations
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Immigration/cultural status
- Intense mood changes
- Marital stress or divorce
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- PMS & PMDD
- Premarital counseling
- Racial identity
- Retirement
- Self-esteem
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
Insurances Accepted
- Aetna
- Ambetter
- Buckeye Health Plan
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Caresource
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Cleveland Clinic
- Custom Design Benefits
- Devoted Health Plan
- Elevance Health (Anthem BCBS)
- Enterprise Group Planning
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Magellan
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medical Mutual of Ohio (MMO)
- Medicare
- Molina Healthcare
- Northwell Direct
- Ohio Health Choice
- OhioHealthy
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Paramount
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- Summacare
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare East (Humana Military)
Languages
- English
Education
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Case Western Reserve University
FAQs
Please call us at 440-869-0660 to schedule an appointment with Melanie Falls.
Melanie Falls generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 440-869-0660 to find out Melanie Falls'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 Melanie Falls:
- Aetna
- Ambetter
- Buckeye Health Plan
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Caresource
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Cleveland Clinic
- Custom Design Benefits
- Devoted Health Plan
- Elevance Health (Anthem BCBS)
- Enterprise Group Planning
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Magellan
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medical Mutual of Ohio (MMO)
- Medicare
- Molina Healthcare
- Northwell Direct
- Ohio Health Choice
- OhioHealthy
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Paramount
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- Summacare
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare East (Humana Military)
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 440-869-0660 to see how we can help.
Melanie Falls is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Melanie Falls works at the following locations:
Yes, Melanie Falls does offer online telehealth visits.
Yes, Melanie Falls is currently offering in-office visits at the following locations: