Melissa H Daugherty, LCSW is a seasoned professional who brings a wealth of experience to adults to help them recover from emotional pain and (re)build healthy lives. Daugherty is a seasoned professional who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to adults to help them recover from emotional pain and (re)build healthy lives. With over thirty years of professional experience, including two dec
ades in private practice, Melissa has provided counseling and psychotherapy services to adults, couples, & families in the Clarion and surrounding areas. Starting September 2025, NPCS began a new chapter in her career and moved from Clarion, PA to two new locations. First, NPCS has gone virtual and adults anywhere in the state of PA can receive counseling from the comfort of their own home using telehealth services. From Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and anywhere in between, clients can utilize confidential, HIPAA compliant counseling services at NPCS, which many insurance plans reimburse for. Second, NPCS also offers in-person appointments from a new office location in Hawthorn, PA. In that private, peaceful setting, Melissa continues to see clients face-to-face one to two days per week. No matter which service delivery clients use, Melissa strives for the same excellence and quality in the mental health care that she's always provided. Melissa believes emotional and relationship issues are often the result of multiple, interrelated factors. As a result, she believes in treating the whole person, not just the symptoms: the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of each individual. Melissa's style of therapy is eclectic and utilizes many modalities of psychotherapy, such as education, behavioral, CBT, ACT, MI, insight oriented, problem solving, family systems, psychodynamic, trauma based, and experiential therapies. Melissa takes an individualized approach to treatment, knowing each person and situation is unique and realizing one size does not fit all. Melissa is a graduate from Case Western Reserve University and a long standing member of the National Association of Social Workers and the America Association of Christian Counselors. Her professional roots from CWRU gave her the foundation to build a successful practice, where helping individuals overcome life's hard challenges and reducing suffering has been the center of her mission. Melissa helps individual adults recovery from the following: abusive relationships, adjustment difficulties, anger issues, anxiety and panic, assertiveness, attention deficit disorder, bi-polar, childhood issues, co-dependence, communication problems, compulsive behaviors, depression, divorce and separation, eating disorders, generalized anxiety, grief, low-self esteem, marital and relationship issues, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety, stress, work problems, and spiritual confusion. Short and long term counseling is available, as are weekday morning, afternoon, and evening appointments. For a complete list, go to NPCS' website or contact your insurance carrier to see if she is an in-network provider with your plan. For more information or to schedule a first time appointment, go to www.newperspectives7.com.
