Melva Hartzog
Compassionate, integrative CBT-informed care
LPC Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 3 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Melva
Melva Hartzog is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who supports people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem struggles, and a range of other life challenges.
Background and approach
She works with clients facing attention difficulties, bipolar mood concerns, anger, career transitions, and the complex emotions tied to caregiving, abandonment, attachment wounds, and multicultural issues. Her practice also addresses LGBT concerns, women's issues, panic attacks, social anxiety, and questions of life purpose and forgiveness.
Hartzog combines practical, evidence-informed techniques with attention to personal meaning and spiritual perspective. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is central to her work, blended with mindfulness practices, existential exploration, and motivational interviewing to help clients examine unhelpful patterns, build coping skills, and clarify values.
As a clinician with a Master of Divinity and multicultural competence, she acknowledges how faith or spiritual beliefs can shape healing and offers integration when appropriate. Clients can expect a warm, nonjudgmental stance that honors each person’s context and goals.
Hartzog emphasizes meeting people where they are and supports development across emotional, social, and vocational areas to promote lasting change and greater personal agency.
Integrating Practical Skills and Personal Meaning Online
Melva Hartzog uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, teaching concrete skills for managing anxiety, depression, panic, and stress. She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to cultivate present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can be helpful for trauma responses, panic attacks, and emotional regulation.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to assess goals, preferences, and life context, then tailors sessions to blend CBT skills, mindfulness practices, or existential reflection as appropriate. This collaborative planning helps clients feel involved in shaping their care and adapting strategies over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people balancing work, family, or other commitments. These options make it easier to maintain consistent sessions, practice skills between meetings, and access support from Pennsylvania without commuting to a physical office. Licensed professionals can adapt therapeutic tools to each format so clients can make steady progress in ways that fit their schedules and daily lives.
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Experience
3+ years
Licensed
Pennsylvania
Languages
English