About

Hi! My name is Melishia R. Phillips, I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I am passionate about helping people grow, change, and ultimately live their best lives. I am devoted to empowering others and creating positive awareness within the mind, body, and soul. As a therapist, I strive to assist clients find inspiration, motivation, and ultimately revelation. My approach I utilize a "whatever it takes" approach to assisting my clients with attaining their goals. We are in this together! I walk the journey with my clients to find hope and experience healing. I provide a safe space for clients to be their true authentic selves, free of judgment. I am empathic and compassionate while helping guide clients throughout their therapeutic process. Throughout my experience in the helping field, I have worked with multiple individuals with a variety of diagnoses. I work with children, teens, adults, individuals, couples, and groups utilizing multiple modalities. I utilize motivational interviewing, Play Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Solution Focus Therapy, Behavioral Modification for children, teens & families, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to name a few. My focus I work with children, teenagers, adolescents, adults, individuals couples, and groups. I am to guide my clients to revelation and self-awareness and acceptance. I aim to help my clients identify dysfunctional thought patterns and replace them with functional true thoughts. I challenge my clients where they are stuck and encourage them to view things through a different lens. My communication style As stated previously, I have a "whatever it takes approach". This is also the approach I utilize with my communication style/tone and environment for sessions. I meet my clients where they are, join them, and journey with them. I present as energetic, confident, relaxed, assertive, polite, and respectful. Building rapport is one of my superpowers!

Basic Data

Entity Type: Individual; Not Sole Proprietor

Organization Name: San Bernardino County Superintendent Of Schools

Gender

Female

Ethnicity

Black or African American

Client Focus

  • Adolescents/Teenagers (14 To 19)
  • Adults

Therapy Specialties

  • ADHD
  • Adoption
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Bipolar

Treatment Orientation

  • Attachment-based
  • Christian Counseling
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Modality

  • Couples
  • Family

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • UnitedHealthcare

Education

  • Cambridge College, MEd in Marriage and Family Therapy

Languages

  • English

Faith

  • Christian

Healthcare Provider Taxonomy

  • Code: 106H00000X
  • Grouping: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
  • Classification: Marriage & Family Therapist

Credentials

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

Licenses

Name License Number State
LMFT 138638 Verify CA

Practice Locations

17800 Us Highway 18

Apple Valley, CA 92307-1221

Phone Number: (760) 552-6700

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