Melanie Hendricks, LISW-CP

Melanie Hendricks is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) practicing in South Carolina with 26 years of experience in outpatient mental health. She is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, a Fellow of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, and a nationally rostered trauma clinician, and she brings that breadth of experience to work with children, adolescents, families, and adults facing a wide range of challenges from adjustment disorders to serious and persistent mental illness.

She has notable expertise in intimacy concerns and sexual disorders, viewing sexual health as an important component of overall wellbeing. Her practice includes work with compulsive sexual behavior and pornography addiction as well as painful intercourse and sexual dissatisfaction. She has also supported countless survivors of sexual abuse and interpersonal violence, addressing PTSD, depression, and relationship or intimacy difficulties that can follow traumatic experiences.

Clinically she often integrates cognitive-behavioral methods - focusing on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact - with a systems perspective that examines roles and relationships across the networks that shape a person’s life. Her style is easy-going, direct, and caring, and she emphasizes collaboration and client feedback so people feel heard, respected, and valued. Melanie frames therapy as a partnership in which the client is central to change and she aims to help open the door to the next steps in recovery and growth.

Approaches for Online Therapy and Care

Melanie Hendricks commonly uses cognitive-behavioral techniques, which help clients identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and patterns so behaviors and emotions can shift in healthier directions. This approach is helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many behavioral concerns.

She also applies a systems perspective, examining how family, relationship, and social networks influence patterns of behavior and emotional responses. Understanding those connections can clarify roles and reveal practical changes that improve relationships and daily functioning.

Melanie brings trauma-focused experience to online work, supporting people who have experienced sexual abuse or interpersonal violence with approaches tailored to symptoms like PTSD, depression, and intimacy disruptions. She works collaboratively to determine which methods best match a client’s needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules and to connect across locations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home or while traveling, and choose the format that feels most comfortable for each step of the therapeutic process.