Online in California
(Online Only)
I am a private practice, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Southern California. I work with adults and couples seeking a trustworthy, quality, holistic mental health and relationship treatment perspective. My background and practice combine over a decade of academic and clinical training with my focus on collective justice and liberation. I work with folks who want to explore their experiences from larger frameworks and move beyond functionality into fulfillment.
Client Focus
Session Format: Couple, Individual sessions.
Age Specialty: Adult, Young Adult
Demographic Expertise: Black / African American, LGBTQ+, Men, Women clients.
Treatment Approach
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Helps people accept difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them, while committing to actions that reflect their values. It blends mindfulness with practical behavior strategies.
- Biopsychosocial Therapy Takes into account biological, psychological, and social factors in understanding mental health. It looks at the whole person, not just symptoms.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) One of the most widely used approaches, CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with healthier patterns. It is effective for anxiety, depression, and many other concerns.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Combines CBT with mindfulness to help regulate emotions, tolerate stress, and build stronger relationships. Originally designed for borderline personality disorder, it’s now used more broadly.
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Focuses on strengthening emotional bonds in couples or families. It helps people identify negative cycles and create more secure connections.
- Jungian Therapy Draws on Carl Jung’s ideas about archetypes, dreams, and the collective unconscious. It helps people explore deeper layers of meaning.
- Psychodynamic Therapy Explores unconscious thoughts and patterns that influence current behavior. It builds insight into how the past impacts the present.
- Somatic Therapy Helps clients notice how emotions are stored in the body. It uses breath, movement, and awareness for healing trauma and stress.
Approach Description: I have over a decade of experience in the mental health field with education and training from leading institutions. My traditional background combined with my pursuits of training in energy medicine and healing have led me to develop a perspective and approach to provide the maximum benefit to clients.
When working with folks I bring my training as an academic and clinician as well an authentic connection to spiritual gifts to alleviate the experience of mental health cognitively, somatically, and spiritually.
I bring a curious, creative, client- centered approach to working with CPTSD, Personality issues, anxiety, depression, adult ADHD and neurodivergence, substance use and addiction, relationship concerns, and other life transitions. I provide a safe space for clients to explore LGTBQIA identity and relationship dynamics.
I have additional expertise in business and creative coaching for artists, writers and free thinkers.
I am passionate about helping individuals reach their potential of emotional fulfillment in this lifetime. I am a writer and creative that explores multiple avenues of self-expression and community building for collective liberation.
I believe the social and political structures in the Western world reflect a global and species-wide movement toward a more sentient, compassionate world that must be built within and by each member of society.
Fees & Insurance
Fees
- Average Session Fee $200
- Affordable sliding scale therapy: apply if you may be eligible.
- LOWEST available, limited slots at $150 inquire for necessity only.
- Out of Network
Education & Credentials
Melissa Quinn Pollock LCSW
- Female
- License # LCSW 76706
- Licensed in CALIFORNIA
- Practicing Since 2013
Education: Bachelors in PSYCHOLOGY
Masters IN SOCIAL WORK
POST-MSW fellowship social work
Melissa Quinn Pollock Practice Details
Therapy Sessions
- Available Online for residents of California
- Online Therapy Details: ZOOM
I work to give clients access to perspectives and approaches that provide maximum benefit, autonomy of practice, and meaning in application. I work with clients who want to bring all aspects of themselves to therapy for work that transcends mental health into whole person healing. I have experience and passion in working with individuals with trMy private practice offers in person meet ups for locals, or Zoom session for accessibility.