Known as The Purpose Profitess, Dr. Melissa, Ed.D., MAC, is a counselor/therapist turned Success coach. As the CEO of a thriving behavioral health agency serving individuals with a wide variety of mental and emotional challenges in multiple locations throughout Virginia, Melissa is passionate about helping people navigate through some of life’s most difficult and challenging circumstances in order to emerge and become who they are destined and purposed to be. As an empowerment coach, Melissa works with women (and a few forward-thinking men) at every stage of life. Melissa’s extensive 25+ year clinical background has established her as a thought leader in helping women find their voice, set and achieve goals, develop confidence, and develop solution-centered plans in order to unlock the next chapters of their lives in fulfilling ways that bring happiness, increased self-esteem, and insight into how life can be lived to the fullest. After experiencing a traumatic transition in her own life after a 31-year marriage, she understands the mindset of women who find themselves grappling with a new normal, a new identity, and trying to determine if it's possible to attain the hopes and dreams that they silently locked away in order to meet the demands and expectations of others.