Melissa Bradley, LCMHC, LPC, LCASA

03/31/2026

Virtually based Christian Counselor serving Laurens and Clinton, SC. Specializes in EMDR, works with teens and individual adults working through trauma, relationship issues, anxiety or depression.
In network with most insurances.
We have sliding scale rates.


Virtually serving all of North and South Carolina.

01/29/2026

I am a Licensed Christian Mental Health Counselor in Laurens, SC, serving both NC and SC virtually. I work with teens and individuals battling anxiety, eating disorders, depression, overcoming narcissistic abuse, PTSD etc. I see my patients virtually In order to better fit their schedule and accommodate their needs.

12/22/2025

Imagine being bit by a poisonous snake and rather than recognizing your wound and getting immediate medical attention you choose to chase after the snake asking it why it bit you and being miserable because it won’t give you answers. All the while the poison continues to infect you.

That’s the trap of closure. That’s what we do when we chase after closure with unhealthy people and we cannot be at peace with the unknown.
Seek healing over closure.

Prov. 4:14-19

12/19/2025

Going into marriage or parenthood hoping for it to give us a sense of belonging, worth, value….etc. leads to so much hurt.

Marriage and parenthood needs to be seen as a crash course in the sanctification process. That’s what makes it hard.
It is in marriage and parenthood that we come face to face with our selfishness, tendency towards anger, irritability, laziness & in humility we must choose to grow & not remain complacent in these areas. If I want to be the best spouse and parent I can be I need to humbly assess my actions and motives. This does not mean be a doormat. This means what I do is out of love for Jesus and love for my family, and wisdom in

12/15/2025

Relationships are hard. Especially if you have bad communication habits in your relationships and no-one has ever told you.

Here are some common communication struggles that lead to relationship struggles:

Don’t start a conversation irritated or angry, assuming you know all of the facts. You’ll hurt people and make it harder for them to want to talk to you.

Even if you think you know all of the facts, you probably don’t. Don’t cut people off as they’re trying to explain. (If you have adhd this is a common struggle because our brains work fast and we complete people’s sentences before they’re completed. Often our sentence completion is wrong and it was based on an assumption that we assumed was a fact. 😳) Sometimes our assumption was very wrong but the other person is so annoyed with you and the whole conversation that they won’t bother to correct your information.

Have grace. Listen. Stop talking and listen. Genuinely care. Listen to people’s hearts. Don’t spin your wheels trying to find something to say as someone is speaking to you. Stop talking and Listen. Ask relevant non-accusatory questions when you need to clarify. Go into conversations and lay down your assumptions.

12/08/2025

It isn’t called “being supportive” for parents to keep stay quiet while their kids make horrible life decisions.

There is a healthy middle ground between nagging, being in their business and turning a blind eye.

It’s the equivalent of your child saying, “Hey! I’m going to go and jump off the Golden Gate Bridge and you clapping for them and showing up for them” because that was your understanding of “being supportive”. That’s not supportive that’s being an enabler of bad choices.

Normalize having normal healthy conversations and discussions and seeking advice and wisdom with your children when you don’t actually have the answers for them.

That’s the difference between equipping children and enabling them.

12/01/2025

Naming emotions doesn’t give them power, it gives us power to change them, move them, reevaluate them. It places us back in control of our world and how situations impact our feelings, which impacts our direction and our relationships.

There’s a difference between being stressed and battling anxiety. There’s a difference between depression and facing a challenging season that is creating deep sadness or grief. Words and appropriate labels give you back the power to be in control. Understanding our emotions and placing an accurate label on them allows us to adjust our lives, change perspective and redirect our steps. Having accurate words for our emotions places us back in the drivers seat of our world, where we’re no longer simply living by our feelings.

11/30/2025

10/14/2020

When Moses went to God at the burning bush telling God all that he was incapable of - sharing all of his inadequacies & failures and how he couldn’t, “who am I” & “why me’s” God didn’t respond w/ a pat on the back...or by reminding Moses how awesome ‘Moses’ was.

Moses’s awesomeness or inadequacies did NOT play a role in what God was calling him to do - Nope! Instead God reaffirmed in Moses Who HE was! “I am Who I am!”

Moses didn’t need to bring anything to the table. The ability to speak well, a perfect past, wisdom, charisma, confidence- God didn’t need any of that! He just needed Moses’s obedience!

Moses didn’t have to bring anything to the table - God was the Table! He’s all of it! You have weaknesses - PERFECT! You got areas you know you fail in - a lot? YES!!!! That’s exactly what God wants brought to the table because it is in our surrendered weaknesses that Christ can be revealed to us and through us!
When you’re scared - you don’t need to be reaffirmed by a person. How long will that last, really? How much courage can that give long term? You don’t need an ada boy or a pat on the back - we need to be reaffirmed in Christ! We need to remind ourselves of Who GOD says HE is! Because where HE has called you HE will never fail you.
We have got to learn & grow to a place where we can REST with our confidence placed firmly in Christ alone!

10/05/2019

We’ve been talking A LOT w/ our children about learning to SEE people!!! You have to Train your eyes to SEE & CARE about people you’ve never even met! It is comfortable to focus solely on you and where your heading and where it’s comfortable & where you KNOW You’re accepted - STOP THAT!!!
Be intentional to see others and care about strangers and NEVER let anyone sit alone and remain unseen in your presence!

I LOVE THIS SIGN!

09/08/2019

When life feels chaotic, predictability is shaken, circumstances are painful and it is hard to sense God's presence in the turmoil; when nothing around makes sense & our immediate reaction is fear - "Be Still and Know that I am God!"

God is God of the calm and Lord over the storm!
Even when His presence feels far away and I am afraid - I take hold of, and firmly believe, that I will see His hand in the settling of the dust.
When our faith is firm to "Be Still & Know" we see Him move mountains & shatter fears.

When we wrestle, when we're overwhelmed with anxiety & we try aimlessly to "fix" things; we miss out on seeing and experiencing all that His gracious mercy has prepared for us to care for us & carry us through the storm.

Be still and KNOW - He has not forgotten you.

“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.””
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭31:8‬ ‭NIV‬‬

08/28/2019