Counseling & Play Therapy for children, teens and adults
Specializing in Play Therapy, Anxiety, OCD, Trauma and Faith-Based Counseling
About Rooted Counseling & Play Therapy
Meet Melissa Fockel, MSW, LCSW, RPT
Melissa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist who has been practicing therapy since 2005. She is passionate about working with people in all stages of life to help them find healing emotionally, physically and spiritually.
Melissa earned her Bachelor's Degree in Social Welfare from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and her Master's Degree in Social Work from Loyola University of Chicago. Melissa's early career focused on working in both adoption and foster care. Her clinical practicum and experience focused on working in hospital-based inpatient and outpatient programs with children and adults. This provided her with experience working with a variety of complex issues and needs.
Melissa has expertise working with children, adolescents and adult women who have experienced trauma. She has a passion for supporting women in therapy who are struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Mood Disorders, Post Partum Mood Disorders, parenting challenges and Grief and Loss. Melissa also has experience with the treatment of self-esteem issues, depression, ADHD and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).
Melissa works with people in all stages of life including children (ages 5 and up), adolescents and adult women. She specializes in the treatment of Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Trauma Related Disorders. Although Melissa works with people of all faiths and backgrounds, she also enjoys providing faith-based counseling to Christian clients to support them spiritually in treatment.
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