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All specialtiesThe seven areas this work focuses on, and who each one is for.

Complex trauma & C-PTSD
Attachment & relationships
Religious trauma & cult recovery
Narcissistic abuse & coercive control
Love addiction & sex addiction
Breakup & divorce recovery
Anxiety & depression

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Childhood emotional neglect
Dissociation & shutdown
Hypervigilance
Shame & self-worth
The inner critic
High-functioning anxiety
Anxious attachment
Avoidant attachment
Ex-Mormon & ex-LDS
Purity culture & shame
Gaslighting & self-trust
Therapy plateau
Queer & LGBTQ+ clients

These sit inside the seven areas above rather than beside them.

How I workSomatic and experiential therapy, telehealth across New York State.

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Ketamine-assisted therapy
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Coaching

Coaching is not therapy and is not licensed mental-health treatment.

Therapy across New YorkTelehealth anywhere in New York State, plus in-person sessions in Manhattan.

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Complex trauma & C-PTSD
Attachment & relationships
Religious trauma & cult recovery
Narcissistic abuse & coercive control
Love addiction & sex addiction
Breakup & divorce recovery
Anxiety & depression

Closer in

Childhood emotional neglect
Dissociation & shutdown
Hypervigilance
Shame & self-worth
The inner critic
High-functioning anxiety
Anxious attachment
Avoidant attachment
Ex-Mormon & ex-LDS
Purity culture & shame
Gaslighting & self-trust
Therapy plateau
Queer & LGBTQ+ clients

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Therapy across New York
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Ketamine-assisted therapy
Free consultation
Coaching
Not therapy, and not licensed mental-health treatment.

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Embodied With Melanie

Melanie Van Orden, LCSW

Somatic and experiential psychotherapy · Telehealth across New York State

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Ketamine-assisted therapyManhattan or home visits
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Fees$235 / $846
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Embodied with MelanieMelanie Van Orden, LCSW

Melanie Van Orden, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), New York · License 103262-01

Telehealth therapy across New York State · Ketamine-assisted sessions at my office in Manhattan or in your home

melanie@embodiedwithmelanie.com

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Attachment & relationships
Religious trauma & cult recovery
Narcissistic abuse & coercive control
Love addiction & sex addiction
Breakup & divorce recovery
Anxiety & depression

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Using this website — including the contact form — does not create a therapist–client relationship.
Email and this contact form are not a secure channel. Please don’t send confidential health information through them.
Therapy outcomes are not guaranteed. No result described on this site is a promise of any particular outcome.
In a crisis or emergency, call or text 988 or dial 911.
Melanie is licensed in New York and can only offer psychotherapy services to people who reside in New York State. People that reside outside of New York State may be eligible for life coaching, which is an entirely different service. Click here to view the webpage for Melanie’s coaching services.

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