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Meet Melanie Rogers

Melanie’s therapy is guided by her belief that humans are physical, emotional, and spiritual beings. She believes humans are created for relationship – relationship with ourselves, others, and God. Her therapeutic approach addresses this "whole you."
Therapy sessions are focused on the here-and-now, believing that the relationship between counselor and client is a major instrument of healing and change. Therapy is a safe space where clients can give and receive real-time feedback about what they are experiencing, which leads to growth and change rather than the client being left with insight alone. Through exploring stories of pain and joy in their lives, clients are invited to name and consider how they have been shaped by significant life experiences. Clients are also encouraged to explore the bigger story being told in and through their lives. Melanie works with a wide range of men and women, from adolescents to seniors. She often guides clients through issues including:

  • Adults of Adoption

  • Anxiety

  • Body Image

  • Codependency

  • Developmental/Childhood Trauma 

  • Depression

  • Grief and Loss

  • Love and Sex Addiction

  • Sexual Identity

  • Sexual Trauma

  • Spiritual Trauma

  • Shock Trauma

  • Toxic Relationships

Melanie Rogers is the founder of Come Alive Counseling in Nashville, Tennessee. As a therapist, she loves inviting people to explore their own interior landscapes, challenging them to be intrigued with the bigger story being told in and through their lives. Melanie loves nothing more than to see her clients discovering, recovering, and living from their truest self.​

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Melanie is a NARM (Neuro- Affective Relational Model) Therapist. The NARM model is focused on healing developmental trauma, the ways children had to adapt themselves in order to stay connected to their primary caregivers. As adults, these survival patterns, having outlived their usefulness, create ongoing disconnection from our authentic self and from others.  Melanie uses the NARM model to help clients explore how these survival patterns from their past interfere with being present and in contact with self and others in the here-and-now.​

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Melanie is also trained in EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), a therapeutic approach developed for healing shock trauma that uses eye movements to reprocess traumatic events so that the disturbing material is remembered and felt in a new and less distressing way. For more information on EMDR therapy, go to www.emdria.org. 

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Melanie is also trained in Sex and Love Addiction Therapy (CSAT) through IITAP (The International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals. For more information, go to www.sexhelp.com.

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Melanie is also a LPC Approved Supervisor. She enjoys sharing her clinical experiences, respect for professional ethics, and insatiable curiosity about the human experience to train and develop young therapists.

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When she is not working, Melanie is probably researching a new topic of interest, hiking with a friend, playing tennis, practicing yoga, planning her next travel adventure, or trying to figure out her Enneagram number (a love/hate relationship since 2003).

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Meet Grace Womack

Grace Womack is a therapist who is deeply committed to the power of connection and self-discovery. Born and raised in Nashville, Grace earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee and her Master’s degree in clinical Mental Health Counseling from Trevecca University. She is passionate about creating a space where clients feel safe and understood.

 

Grace views therapy as a collaborative journey that invites exploration, healing, and growth. In therapy, Grace invites her clients to explore areas of their lives where they feel “stuck.” Grace believes that clients are often stuck in patterns that were developed in childhood in an attempt to meet the child’s needs for safety and security. While these strategies or patterns were once helpful for the child, Grace helps her clients identify how these patterns are now in the way of connection with themselves and others. In therapy, Grace works with clients to explore these patterns, uncover limiting beliefs, and gently guide clients toward healing and transformation.

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Grace believes that we are all innately designed for meaningful relationships with ourselves, others, and God. She believes that therapy is most effective/powerful when a safe, nonjudgmental space is created for this deep work.

 

Grace is dedicated to helping her clients find healing and peace by utilizing a blend of trauma-informed, attachment-based, and person-centered approaches. Grace is excited to walk alongside adolescents, men, and women as she helps them navigate a variety of life’s complexities such as:

  • Anxiety

  • Grief

  • Trauma

  • Self-Worth & Identity

  • Life Transitions

  • Relationship Dynamics

  • Childhood Trauma

  • Spiritual Trauma

  • Sexuality Concerns

Outside of counseling, Grace enjoys walks with her husband and dog, sipping iced lattes, watching The Office, and listening to Wicked or Les Misérables on Spotify.

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