What could you be if you overcame those limiting beliefs that keep you looping in avoidance?

I would be delighted to walk beside you as you seek to make changes in your life.

In session you can expect me to cultivate your goals and strengths with you, carefully track your stories and the meaning you imbue with them, and skillfully select tools to help if you feel stuck. Creating space and time for you to circle back to yourself is sacred, and I will protect it.  But not uptight. Like, I could have a coffee stain on my shirt.

 I have just over 15 years of clinical experience and am most known for my work with adult survivors of childhood abuse. I use evidence-based psychotherapeutic strategies (EMDR/parts work and somatic work) to walk my clients through the barriers to achieving their goals.  I have an academic background in religous/spiritual issues (religous deconstruction, facilitating coping) and hospice, and I draw from these evidence based frameworks to help people with grief and existential issues (I mean who isn’t in an existential crisis right now?).

Chronic pain and disease also can be more prevalent in the populations I work with. I use my background in medical social work (hospice/home health) and my training in functional/integratives strategies to support bodies experiencing chronic stress (female hormone issues and immune disorder specialties).

Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy isn’t for everyone, but these strategies are safe and provide powerful breakthroughs for clients who have been appropriately screened, prepared, and guided through the process. I have over a decade of psychedelic assisted coaching experience, and I have training from clinical and indigenous settings. This is my super specialty.

 Most importantly I’ve been there. I was hospitalized with severe mental illness in my teens and many professionals had the bar set pretty low on how much I might recover.  I learned how to fly over the bar, and I deeply believe in each human being’s potential to do so. I’ve learned to grow wings and I’m so ready to share.

Much love,

Melissa Lentine, LCSW

PS. Email me for a request for a complimentary consultation.

Our Services

One on One Counseling

One hour session: $170

  • In session you can expect me to cultivate your goals and strengths with you, carefully track your stories and the meaning you imbue with them, and skillfully select evidence-based tools to help if you feel stuck.

Trauma Intensives: $950

  • Let’s really value your time and precious resources by getting months of therapy done in a day long intensive. In an hour long session, there is not much time for processing because it takes a bit to get there and we have to pack things up. The juicy middle part is where the real growth happens. First we will do an assessment to identify your goal, then we will engage in EMDR/parts work processing (the juicy middle part) followed by an hour of deeply relaxing your nervous system.

Psychedelic coaching: $200 an hour

  • Assessment and harm reduction ( assessing if psychedelics are right for you, how to find a safe provider/medicine, intention setting, co-creating a supportive set and setting, tips for navigating your time in the medicine). I’ll check out the latest research on any special conditions or medication/supplement interactions and offer coordination of care to your support team. This session is usually 2 hours with out of session work, so I typically charge $500 for assessment.

  • support for ceremony day

  • post ceremony integration support

Integrative/functional coaching: $500 (2 sessions)

  • supporting your chronic pain/health condition with nutrition/supplements/herbal support and psychotherapeutic strategies to improve coping w/ stress, pain, and chronic inflammation

  • After our assessment I will research your particular condition and come up with an individualized plan for you that we will thoroughly review in a follow up session.

    Payment options:

  • HSA and other health related funds

  • I provide a bill for reimbursement of one hour individual sessions if you have an OON (out of network) insurance benefit.

  • Insurance doesn’t make sense anymore, for my clients or my fellow practitioners. You might be surprised to know that most practitioners spend 30 to 40 percent of their income tracking down owed insurance funds. I cut out the insurance “middle man” so I can offer a sliding scale that is income based for clients. If you can’t afford the full rate please feel free to ask for my sliding scale rates/openings.

Groups and Workshops

8 week Trauma group

  • Explore the neurology and biology of trauma and chronic stress

  • Explore nutritional/supplemental/herbal strategies to manage chronic stress

  • Engage in evidence based strategies to calm the nervous system

  • All attendees must attend a one on one assessment to prep for group work and check for appropriateness. Cost for 8 week series/initial assessment is $450

  • Sliding scale option available by request

  • Currently accepting applications for next upcoming group.

Coming soon

Alchemy/Honeybee Counseling Grand Opening (May of 2026)

  • I am working with a group of trauma specialists who are incredibly skilled and social justice oriented. We have big things planned for our community. Plans in progress? Food, drinks, and fun things to do. We hope you will come see our new place in the cool old bakery on Portage.