- Grief and loss
- Caregiver support
- Client-centered
About Melba
Melba (Fran) Roberts is a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are facing grief, loss, and life changes. Her work is grounded in listening, respect, and steady support.
Before private practice, she spent nearly a decade working at Pikes Peak Hospice as a grief counselor. That background gives her direct experience with serious illness, end-of-life concerns, and caregiver stress. She also supports people managing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and compassion fatigue.
Her main therapeutic stance is Client-Centered Therapy, which centers on meeting each person where they are. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Jungian ideas to shape sessions when helpful. Techniques are selected to fit the person, not to follow a rigid protocol.
Sessions tend to focus on naming the loss, coping with strong emotions, and rebuilding daily routines. She helps people process guilt, shame, and forgiveness, and works with those struggling with isolation or self-worth. For people affected by cancer or hospice care, she brings experience with practical and emotional caregiver concerns.
Her approach is calm and patient. She invites people to speak at their own pace and supports gradual steps toward healing. To begin, prospective clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.
How her approaches guide online work
Client-Centered Therapy centers on respectful listening and following the client's pace. In online sessions that means the conversation is led by what matters most to the person, with the therapist reflecting and clarifying feelings and priorities.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Online ACT work often focuses on practical steps and simple exercises to build tolerance for hard emotions while pursuing meaningful goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. When used online, CBT typically involves brief skill practice, homework between sessions, and clear tools for managing anxiety or depression.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, and then suggest which methods to try first. Adjustments are made over time based on what helps most.
If you plan to use online sessions, please confirm the session formats offered before booking since the biography does not list them explicitly. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a work break or avoiding travel time. It can also allow for different pacing, such as doing skill practice between meetings.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, and life changes. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, cancer-related concerns, and hospice or end-of-life counseling.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her primary stance is Client-Centered Therapy, emphasizing listening and pacing the work to the individual. She also blends approaches such as ACT, CBT, EFT, and Jungian ideas when they help the person move forward.
How long has she been practicing?
She has nine years of experience, including extended work as a grief counselor at a hospice setting. That background informs her approach to loss and serious illness.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She is a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor and practices in Colorado. The credential listed is LPC.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking to know whether video, phone, or in-person meetings are offered.
How is payment handled or what does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with this therapist?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.