Melissa Ward Counseling Services

Melissa Ward Counseling Services MWCS offers individual counseling for adolescents and adults, couples counseling, and workshops.

Melissa Ward is a Maryland-licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) and National Certified Counselor (NCC). She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida International University in Communications and a Master of Science degree in Counselor Education from McDaniel College. Melissa has experience as both an individual and group counselor, working with children and adults. She has also worked as social worker, community relations manager for National MS Society's Maryland Chapter, and facilitated social skills and mental heath groups for K-8 students.

09/22/2025

An estimated 7.2 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2025, according to the Alzheimer's Association. On World Alzheimer's Day, it's important to remember that people living with dementia are not helpless, however.

Learn more about how to help a loved one living with Alzheimer's disease continue to thrive with dignity and joy: https://at.apa.org/0b1c1c

A request is not a boundary . Boundaries are our responses, not what we ask from others.
09/21/2025

A request is not a boundary . Boundaries are our responses, not what we ask from others.

It might sound counterintuitive, but your relationships can benefit from rules and limitations.

09/19/2025

No crisis is too small. Facing emotional, mental, family, or relationship hardships? Dealing with suicidal thoughts, anxiety, grief, or depression?

Our Walk-In Behavioral Health Services operate 24/7 at our Walk-In Crisis Care Center. Whether face-to-face or virtually, our crisis specialists are ready to meet with you where you're at, working collaboratively to address your concerns and connect you with the support you need.

Walk-In Services are:
• Available at no cost to clients
• Available to all ages
• Available without an appointment
• Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

The Walk-In Crisis Care Center is located at 340 Montevue Lane, Frederick, MD 21702, and is accessible by the Transit 80 Connector

Your therapIst wants this for you❤️
09/18/2025

Your therapIst wants this for you❤️

"True belonging doesn't require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are." -Brené Brown

09/17/2025

Read it twice🙂

**Do it anyway**
09/16/2025

**Do it anyway**

You don’t realize how much time you’re wasting waiting to “feel ready.”

Ready to take a risk.
Ready to speak up.
Ready to change.

Here’s the truth: you’re never going to feel ready.

Stop waiting. Stop overthinking. Stop convincing yourself you’re not ready.

Do it anyway. That’s how you build confidence.

That’s how your life changes.

09/11/2025

Unlike mental health professionals, chatbots are designed to keep you engaged—not necessarily to support your well-being.

Learn more about why ChatGPT shouldn't be your therapist: https://at.apa.org/a51dd1

09/05/2025
06/24/2025
06/19/2025

💚❤️💛🖤 Happy Juneteenth, Freedom Day!

✊🏾 Join us as we participate in a self-guided Juneteenth Celebration, created and curated by UCC's Racial Justice Ministries and Join the Movement for Racial Justice. This year's celebration lifts up African American women as Christian faith leaders, preachers, organizers, and activists!

✊🏾 We invite you to encounter and engage with stories of abolition movements from the early days of enslaved peoples’ resistance, to the many movements that made up the Civil Rights Movement, to the more recent struggles of the Movement for Black Lives, and more. These ongoing movements of emancipation can show us the power of intergenerational leadership – from elders to youth and young adults – as together we move toward solidarity, freedom, equity, and liberation.

👉🏾 Access the toolkit here: https://ow.ly/5Vs550Wccc5

06/15/2025

Happy Father's Day 💙💙💙💙

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Melissa Ward is a Maryland-licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) and National Certified Counselor (NCC). She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida International University in Communications and a Master of Science degree in Counselor Education from McDaniel College. Melissa has experience as both an individual and group counselor, working with children and adults. She has also worked as social worker, community relations manager for National MS Society's Maryland Chapter, and facilitated social skills and mental heath groups for K-8 students.