Hi! My name is Mellissa Tong and I am a Licensed Psychologist and a Certified Pre-Marital Therapist.  In my previous career, I practiced as a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine.   I am a lifelong learner (always a student of life!), a systems thinker, book, nature, animal, and water lover.  I value openness, compassion, and creativity.

I have dedicated my life to understanding and treating the human condition, to date having spent over two decades supporting children, youth, adults, couples, and families.  I have enjoyed working in the full continuum of care - primary care clinics and hospital settings, with outpatient, inpatient, and residential treatment programs and have learned from patients as much as from the most influential therapists and researchers in the field of psychology. 

Although I utilize a multitude of modalities - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic Experiencing Interventions, Gottman Method, Objects Relations, Psychodynamic, Family Systems, Sandtray, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to name a few - I am an attachment, depth oriented, experiential, and person-centered therapist at heart. In my experience, IFS and EMDR are incredibly effective approaches for the treatment of healing the wounds of deep-rooted trauma, attachment wounds, and chronic emotional and physical pain.

Special Clinical Interests:

• Complex Post Traumatic Stress

• Developmental Trauma

• Familial/Multigenerational Trauma

• Post Traumatic Stress

• Chronic Health/Somatic Illnesses

• Grief and Loss

• Spiritual Abuse

• Relational Disconnection with Self and Others

• Post Traumatic Growth

• Self Awareness, Development, Realization

I am an LGBTQ+ welcoming ally.