Melanie McCain Everett, Washington
Relationship Coach, Family Coach, Life Coach
MACP
- Everett, Washington 98208
- 425-332-2441
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- Hourly Rate: $125 to $295 US Dollars
- Gender: Female
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About Me
Do you feel stuck? Unsure how to move forward? In the pain and shame of a previous relationship? Need to heal? Is someone or something holding you back? At home or at work? Do you want something different and better for yourself? Trouble setting boundaries? Relationships are the cornerstone of life and largely dictate its quality. Improving our functioning in them, which involves healing from unhelpful childhood templates and unhealthy relationships, is imperative, and is something that can be explored and practiced daily. I am a Master's level therapist offering coaching to serve a broader base of clients. I offer client-centered, solutions-focused, collaborative coaching. I am your partner, allied with you to achieve transformative, empowering insight. Sessions provide space for exploration, education and skills teaching. They are tailored to your needs. I help you explore green and red flags by teaching you what is healthy and unhealthy. I teach communication skills, navigating dating safely, and other relationship skills. I have experience in narcissistic abuse, intimate partner violence, power and control tactics, and teach clients ways to protect themselves; safety planning. I also offer positive parenting strategy coaching for children of any age, partnering with you to improve one of our most sacred relationships- the one we have with our child/ren. Couples coaching is available, which can include improving an existing relationship, discernment coaching if exploring separation, or co-parenting coaching. I offer complimentary ten minute phone consultations to see if my coaching is appropriate for your needs and circumstance.
It's an honor for me to accompany you on your transformative journey. I know how hard and scary change can be and how daunting reaching out for help seems. I'm committed to operating with transparency and accountability, holding myself and you to the highest standards. The coaching relationship is a safe space for healing and growth.
Reviews
15 reviews (2 verified) (4.93)
VerifiedMelanie made it easy to express what I was truly feeling in a safe and open space. Her best trait is her most seamless: her ability to listen and provide genuine feedback because she cares. Melanie is down to earth and the conversations always felt natural. She helped bring me back to rational thinking, and she called out negative thought patterns I had, allowing me to be more aware of them and ultimately change them. She is kind and confident. I recommend Melanie to anyone who is struggling with self love, she will help you form and discover it for yourself. Thank you, Melanie!
Drew
VerifiedMelanie is an amazing life coach who is willing to let you speak your problems/issues and then give honest feedback with answers that lead to critical thinking about your life. She's straight forward and has no problem with honesty. After all the counseling I've done in the past. She is hands down, bar none a great blessing in my life as iam going through a traumatic time in life at this point. Great things are going to happen. Thank you Melanie.
Darren
I found Melanie a few years ago online. She has been a godsend to me and I am so thankful for her. She is kind, thoughtful and has a soft way about helping you think about things from different perspectives. She is more than just a coach or therapist, she is that best friend that you can tell anything too and the friend that tells you what you need to hear, not just what you want to hear. I am forever grateful for her support and guidance.
Colleen Gilleland
Melanie is so kind and understanding. Her ability to empathize with us helped bring about a lot of necessary conversations that both my partner and I would've kept hidden on our own. Without judgment, she heard us out and made sure our discussion was clear and without accusations. My partner and I are so much more open with each other now than ever before!
Cece G.
I have been in and out of therapy since I was four years old (Im 22 now, for reference). I have had some incredible counselors, but let me tell you the work that Ive done with other counselors isnt even comparable to the work that Ive done with Melanie. My husband and I were in desperate need of some help. I found Melanie on PsychologyToday and when I emailed her, I heard back from her within the hour. Right off the bat, she was super communicative, informative, open and inviting. I knew instantly that she would equip my husband and I with effective tools and offer valuable insight. My gut was 100% right. From the first session, it was clear that we would greatly benefit from her help. It took almost no time at all to connect on a deeper level and to dig into the really tough stuff. She makes every session SO safe. There has never been a moment where I have felt invalidated or patronized by her, yet she still knows how to highlight things that you may need to work on in a way that is easy to receive. Melanie sees her clients as people first. Not one person that she works with is just another increase in her paycheck. Seriously. Ive never worked with anyone else whos empathy was so apparent. Nothing is taboo to her. There is safety to talk about the most touchy, uncomfortable topics. Her ability to bring a sense of normalcy to conversations that feel intimidating is very healing. My husband and I genuinely look forward to our sessions even the sessions that we know are going to be really difficult. The insight that Melanie has given us in such a short period of time is priceless. I will most definitely be continuing to see her whenever I can. Melanie is a top-of-the-line counselor.
Aimee
I was lucky enough to come across Melanie on psychology today, looking for a therapist who specializes in narcissist abuse. After failing with traditional therapy and medication therapy, I decided to give her a shot. She is kind, patient and thoughtful. You can tell she really cares about her patients. With her help, I was able to overcome my DEBILITATING ANXIETY and depression that was effecting my physical health (blood pressure, weight gain). She was able to give me answers on things that were pressing on my mind constantly, to make sense of what I experienced in a 10 year marriage to a narcissist that made absolutely no sense to me before. Within 6 months I felt better than I have in YEARS. If you have tried many things and found no relief or improvement in how you feel about yourself or what you have experienced, give her a chance! You will thank yourself for it!
SS
Trying to recover from an unhealthy relationship which had imploded, I was stuck and did not trust myself to know how to move forward. Melanie guided me along my journey challenging me to see fact from fiction, identity thinking patterns which do not serve me, and teaching me to trust myself again. She is so compassionate and I am so thankful for the work we were able to do together.
Angie E
The idea of therapy to me is something I'm not very used to. I had gone to another therapist before to deal with some relationship trauma, but I'm not sure how much I got out of it. As a life coach, Melanie made me feel very comfortable and helped guide me forward in life after my trauma. I normally have trouble sharing my personal feelings and opening up, and Melanie was the first person who made it feel easy to talk. I even began to look forward to our appointments as she always had some valuable insight and was very understanding.
Matthew Daniels
Im a survivor of a toxic extreme narcissistic abusive marriage. Melanie listened,understood and analyzed what I told her accurately. She is also very knowledgeable & helped with critical thinking. I really appreciate the psychological and emotional support I got from her. I always looked forward to our sessions as I felt heard, understood and empowered. We developed a healthy client-couch relationship that i enjoyed and felt comfortable. I would highly recommend anyone to Melanie she wont disappoint you!!
Mo
I would recommend Melanie to any one seeking to change their life and heal through therapy whether male or female. I feel that she's got an understanding of the affects of trauma large and small and is willing to take the time to actually learn you, your past, your future goals and is always there in an emergency situation. I have had many counselors over the years and in the 6 months I have working with her, I have come further and feel healthier than ever in my life.
Erika
It took me a while to realize I needed help and felt like I was stuck in a relationship I knew was no good for me. Even after leaving the relationship I was in a constant back and forth and couldn't fully move away from it. I felt it got harder once I actually walked away. Melanie was, and still is, a huge help with my life's new trajectory. She listens and then provides honest, even if hard, feedback. I learned a lot about what I was dealing with and why I was struggling the way I was through our sessions and through literature she'd provide. Today I am in a much better place emotionally. It's easier to tackle issues that once frightened me and with her help it's been easy to continue moving forward. My sessions taught me to handle issues logically as opposed to emotionally. Highly recommend!
D E
Melanie was wonderful to work with, she listened to me and made me feel comfortable to talk about what was going on with my relationship. She gave excellent advice and even helped me navigate behaviors to look out for and ultimately to help heal myself. I feel a lot more confident and assured with myself than the months I started with her
Stephanie J
Melanie has been a signifiant source of support for me throughout a lengthy and difficult custody battle with a high conflict parent. Beyond support, Melanie has helped me process, understand and work through some really troublesome emotional baggage. My life and parenting wouldn't be the same without her.
B. Evans
Prior to meeting Melanie, I had difficulties finding someone to talk to who I felt understood what I was going through in terms of a toxic relationship with a family member or strategies for how to deal with the problem. I had felt previous counselors or coaches had tried to steer me in a particular direction and push me to maintain and/or repair a relationship that was actively harming me [causing debilitating anxiety attacks, feelings of severe guilt/depression, frequent night terrors/poor sleep, and even feelings of hopelessness]. Melanie, however, took me seriously from the beginning. She actively listened as I explained what I was going through, without judgment or an agenda. She asked the right questions, got to the root of the issue, prompted me to think about issues I had not even thought about before and had a number of effective activities for me to do to really examine my own thoughts and feelings. Very importantly for me, she also came up with concrete strategies for how to cope and respond to the toxic person, knowing I was not ready to cut off ties. I was also encouraged to document what I was thinking/feeling and my interactions with the toxic person, which really helped me visualize what was going on and how it was impacting me. Every session I had with Melanie was constructive and organized and had a plan going forward for next time. Between every session, I felt I was experiencing improvement, or at least developing positive habits that would get me there. Before I met Melanie, I really felt I was having a nervous breakdown, that there was nothing to look forward to, and I couldn't enjoy anything. I felt miserable because an important person in my life had caused me so much harm, and actively sought out to harm me when I was most vulnerable. Melanie helped me realize that the feelings of guilt and worthlessness I had were unfounded, that I was conditioned to think this way by another person's behavior over a long period of time, and put me on the path to recovery. I am in a much, much better place now mentally and emotionally thanks to her help.
Brian C
I was thrilled to find Melanie at a time in my life I needed some support getting through a tough patch with some familial issues. She was gracious with her time and attentiveness during a free phone consult where I felt very seen and understood immediately. I proceeded to do 10 sessions with her and very quickly felt relief. Melanie is incredibly approachable, compassionate, empathetic and her authenticity and personable nature put me at ease right from the start. She has a very intuitive nature and when she reflected back what I was experiencing it felt incredibly validating. She provided several resources for me during out work, some valuable psychoeducation and great guidance. I highly recommend hiring her as a coach as she goes above and beyond and is gifted at her craft.
Monica Lynne