Proudly serving Washington State. Now OPEN in Bellevue!

Melanie Vallee

Owner, Director of Outreach

Not Accepting New Clients

Philosophy of Care

My goal is to embody wisdom, hope, compassion, and respect for everyone, whether they be strangers, friends, family or clients. I enjoy working with teens, adults, couples and families, and I believe in the healing power of relationships: no matter the wounds, if all parties are willing to heal, I will help. In today’s changing environment, we are often disconnected and fragmented; this can be seen and felt on both micro and macro levels, contributing to high levels of stress and anxiety. I am fiercely committed to restoring essential connections in our relationships with one another, our environment and mother earth. One of my primary goals is helping others achieve optimal performance in personal, relational, and professional areas of one’s life. This is accomplished through active engagement and participation from both the clinician and client through practices that will offer multiple perspectives, increase awareness, help develop and sustain higher consciousness, and grow all forms of connection.

Psychotherapy is a journey that illuminates the mind, body and spirit and helps deepen your relationships. I offer a holistic approach that takes into consideration all aspects of your life, personally, physically, emotionally, professionally, and environmentally. In addition to psychotherapy and marriage/family therapy, I am also trained in health psychology, nutrition, personal training and spirituality allowing for me to take a highly integrative approach.

I have an abundant background working with many issues and utilizing treatment options, both traditional and holistic, to better facilitate for a healing the mind body, and soul. I am trained in Integrative and Energy Psychology techniques such as EMDR, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Matrix Reimprinting, Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Lifespan Integration, Developmental Psychology, Existential Therapy, Phenomenological Psychology. I am also trained in Biofeedback techniques such as Neurofeedback and HeartMath. I am currently enrolled in one of the First APA approved Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Accreditations and am excited to offer even deeper levels of healing for individuals suffering from depression, PTSD and addiction.

My mission is to foster a culture that supports compassion, creativity, diversity, tolerance, grace, justice, and generosity. I am committed to helping you experience freedom from past limiting beliefs and limiting patterns and step into a new timeline of peace and happiness.

Education and Licensure

  • PhD in Transformational Dissertation Studies, CIIS California Institute of Integral Studies, 2017 - Present

  • MS in Clinical Psychology in Systems Counseling, 2011

  • BA in Psychology & Sociology, Emphasis in Developmental Psychology, Spanish Minor, Western Washington University, 1996

  • ALDAC Alcohol and Drug Counseling Degree, Bellevue College, 2014

  • CDPT - Chemical Dependency Professional Trainee, 2013

  • LMFT Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, 2012

  • LMHC Licensed Mental Health Counselor, 2012

Specialties

  • Addiction

  • ADHD

  • Adoption

  • Alcohol Use

  • Anger Management

  • Antisocial Personality

  • Anxiety

  • Behavioral Issues

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Borderline Personality

  • Career Counseling

  • Child

  • Chronic Illness

  • Chronic Impulsivity

  • Chronic Pain

  • Chronic Relapse

  • Codependency

  • Complex Childhood Trauma

  • Coping Skills

  • Depression

  • Developmental Disorders

  • Divorce

  • Domestic Abuse

  • Drug Abuse

  • Dual Diagnosis

  • Eating Disorders

  • Emotional Disturbance

  • Family Conflict

  • Gambling

  • Grief

  • Hoarding

  • Infertility

  • Infidelity

  • Internet Addiction

  • Learning Disabilities

  • Life Coaching

  • Life Transitions

  • LGBTQ+

  • Marital and Premarital

  • Narcissistic Personality

  • Obesity

  • Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)

  • Parenting

  • Peer Relationships

  • Pregnancy, Prenatal,

  • Postpartum

  • Racial Identity

  • Relationship Issues

  • School Issues

  • Shame and guilt

  • Self-Harming

  • Self Esteem

  • Sex Therapy

  • Sexual Abuse

  • Sexual Addiction

  • Sleep or Insomnia

  • Spirituality

  • Sports Performance

  • Stress

  • Substance Use

  • Suicidal Ideation

  • Transgender

  • Trauma and PTSD

  • Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Video Game Addiction

  • Weight Loss

  • Women's Issues

Mental Disorders

  • Dissociative Disorders

  • Impulse Control Disorders

  • Mood Disorders

  • Personality Disorders

  • Thinking Disorders

Treatments

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)

  • Adlerian

  • AEDP

  • Applied Behavioral Analysis

  • Art Therapy

  • Attachment-based

  • Biofeedback

  • Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors -

  • Coaching

  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

  • Cognitive Processing (CPT)

  • Compassion Focused

  • Culturally Sensitive

  • Dialectical (DBT)

  • Eclectic

  • EMDR

  • Emotionally Focused

  • Emotional Freedom Techniques

  • (EFT Tapping)

  • Energy Psychology

  • Existential

  • Experiential Therapy

  • Exposure Response Prevention

  • Expressive Arts

  • Family / Marital

  • Family Systems

  • Feminist

  • Gestalt

  • Gottman Method

  • Humanistic

  • Imago

  • Integrative

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Interpersonal

  • Intervention

  • Jungian

  • Matrix Reimprinting

  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Multicultural

  • Narrative

  • Neuro-Linguistic

  • Neurofeedback

  • Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)

  • Person-Centered

  • Play Therapy

  • Positive Psychology

  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy

  • Psychoanalytic

  • Psychobiological Approach

  • Couple Therapy

  • Psychodynamic

  • Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)

  • Reality Therapy

  • Relational

  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)

  • Somatic

  • Strength-Based

  • Structural Family Therapy

  • Transpersonal

  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Clientele

  • Individuals: Teens, Young adults, Adults

  • Couples: Heterosexual, LGBTQ+

  • Families

  • Groups (Grief and Loss, Addiction Recovery, Parents to Addicted Children)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

  • GAD affects 6.8 million adults, or 3.1% of the U.S. population, yet only 43.2% are receiving treatment.

  • Women are twice as likely to be affected as men.

  • GAD often co-occurs with major depression.

Panic Disorder(PD)

  • PD affects 6 million adults, or 2.7% of the U.S. population.

  • Women are twice as likely to be affected as men.

Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)

  • SAD affects 15 million adults, or 6.8% of the U.S. population.

  • SAD is equally common among men and women and typically begins around age 13.

  • According to a 2007 ADAA survey, 36% of people with social anxiety disorder report experiencing symptoms for 10 or more years before seeking help.

Specific Phobias

  • Specific phobias affect 19 million adults, or 8.7% of the U.S. population.

  • Women are twice as likely to be affected as men.

  • Symptoms typically begin in childhood; the average age-of-onset is 7 years old.

Treatment For Anxiety

Psychotherapy or “talk therapy” can help people with anxiety disorders. To be effective, psychotherapy must be directed at the person’s specific anxieties and tailored to his or her needs.

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Contact Hours

Monday - Friday

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Call Us

Kirkland: (425) 242-6267

Bellevue: (425) 590-9419

Our Offices

Kirkland Office
9757 NE Juanita Drive, Suite 206

Kirkland, WA 98034

Bellevue Office

4122 Factoria Blvd SE, Suite 405
Bellevue, WA 98006

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