Melinda M. Staton, LPC

Melinda Staton, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor in Virginia with extensive experience supporting adults, adolescents, couples, military members, veterans, and individuals navigating trauma, substance use, and life transitions. She brings a grounded, compassionate, and highly skilled presence to her work, helping clients feel safe, understood, and supported as they move toward healing and growth. With a background in mental health counseling, human resources development, and military leadership, Melinda offers a unique blend of clinical expertise, structure, and deep empathy. Her counseling approach is informed by evidence-based practices including CBT, DBT, somatic mindfulness, brainspotting, memory reconsolidation, coherence therapy, and experiential interventions. She is especially experienced in trauma-informed care and has a strong commitment to serving active-duty military personnel, veterans, and survivors of military sexual trauma. Melinda’s professional experience includes biopsychosocial assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, group and individual counseling, clinical supervision, and program leadership. She has worked in telehealth, outpatient, intensive outpatient, and community-based settings, consistently centering ethical care, cultural sensitivity, and client progress. Her work reflects a deep belief that healing is possible when people are met with skill, compassion, and respect for their lived experiences. As an Inner Self Therapist, Melinda creates a supportive space where clients can explore their pain, reconnect with their strengths, and move toward greater clarity, resilience, and wholeness.