Melissa Alton
LMHC, NCC, CCMHC, EMDR in Private Practice, USA
Biography
Melissa Alton, LMHC, NCC, CCMHC, EMDR earned her Masters’ from Nova Southeastern University in 2011. She has experience working with trauma, substance
abuse and mental health which has developed through working with clients in crisis care and outpatient counseling. She currently works as a Licensed Evaluator
at DACCO. In this role, she meets the clients when they fi rst walk in for help, gets to know their stories and pieces of their troubles. Subsequently, balancing the
intuitiveness of the therapeutic relationship with evidence based theory to facilitate care at level of need to guide clients towards lowering their distress level through
changes in choice and feeling.
Abstract
Abstract : To use or to be used: The relationship between trauma and substance use