Hello and Welcome!

I am Maria Mellano, LICSW, CP/PAT. For the past twenty-five years, I have been a practicing psychotherapist. My passion is helping people bloom lives they authentically love, simply being themselves. A particular passion of mine is working with other therapists which you can read about below. A fun fact about me is that I was born and raised in Southern California, growing up on a flower farm that’s been in my family for a century since my grandparents immigrated to the US from Italy.

I am committed to ending violence. One way this gets expressed is through my volunteer leadership in the transformational thinking and leadership program called ‘Another Way To Go. This program is dedicated to working with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals. Additionally, I am passionate about sexual and pelvic health as foundational forms of healing and empowerment for all women. I support education in this realm through the ‘Birds and the Bees 2.0 webinars that I host. 

Moreover, I am deeply interested in the soul's capacity to guide our healing journey when we allow it to align with our ego and work as a team. I love hosting the monthly ‘Pause at the Well’ sessions, which support this very thing. I hope you'll reach out to discover how we might work together therapeutically, or through coaching, and/or in the Bloom Community through my Facebook group or by attending classes, workshops, and/or webinars.

My style is involved, warm, and down to earth while maintaining a balance between honoring emotions and process with pragmatic action and problem-solving, all held with the assumption that you are foundationally whole and complete, inherently.

A guiding quote for my work beautifully summarizes what I hold dear.......

   "Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know before you learned it." ~ Maya Angelou

 Maria

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I look forward to hearing from you. Please feel free to share about what inspired you to reach out, what you are seeking to work on, and what you hope to gain from the work.

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