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Melissa Z. Golub, LCSW

Melissa Golub, owner of MZG Counseling in Fairfax VA.

Melissa Z. Golub is the owner of MZG Counseling, LLC and has been in private practice since 2017. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Virginia and Maryland, a Virginia Board Certified Social Work Supervisor, a Certified Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Professional, and a Certified Integrative Medicine and Nutrition for Type 2 Diabetes, Cognitive Decline, and Alzheimer's Disease provider. 

 

She primarily works with young adults ages 14+ who struggle with depression, anxiety, trauma, and life stressors. She combines traditional psychotherapy practices with holistic interventions to address mental health. 

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Her psychotherapy treatment approaches primarily include*:

- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT),

- Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT),

- Family Systems approach, 

- Mindfulness, and

- Solution-Focused Therapy  

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*Melissa practices from a strengths-based, evidenced-based, feedback-informed, and trauma-informed approach.

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Melissa attended the University of Maryland, College Park for her undergraduate degree and received her Masters in Social Work degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

 

Melissa is also currently enrolled in Notre Dame of Maryland to pursue another graduate degree in Integrative Medicine and Functional Nutrition, with the hopes of becoming a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS). 

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"It's worse to spend your life on the outside looking in, wondering what if, than it is to try and dare greatly and risk the chance of failure. Dare greatly; get in the arena and try." - Dr. Brene Brown

In-person appointments available at our office in Fairfax, Virginia and 
telehealth appointments available for residents of Virginia and Maryland .

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