Business Details
Your Trusted Counselor and Coach in Tacoma
William P. Meleney, MA, LMFT has dedicated his professional career to helping individuals, couples, and families navigate life's most challenging transitions. With over four decades of experience in mental health counseling and coaching, he specializes in addressing relationship dynamics, parenting challenges, ADD/ADHD management, and trauma resolution. His practice integrates evidence-based therapeutic approaches including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Ericksonian hypnosis to create personalized treatment plans. As a licensed mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist in Washington State, he maintains strict adherence to ethical standards while offering both in-person and remote coaching sessions.His unique methodology combines planned eclecticism with active client collaboration, ensuring treatment remains adaptable to each client's evolving needs. Having trained under pioneers in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Solution-Focused Interviewing, he brings both historical expertise and contemporary relevance to his practice. His commitment to professional development extends to training workshops for mental health professionals, focusing on practical skill application and therapeutic effectiveness. Clients benefit from his extensive experience working in diverse settings including residential treatment centers, private practice, and community outreach programs.
Services
Counseling
Coaching
Hypnotherapy
Habit Control
ADD/ADHD Coaching
Relationship Counseling
Life Transitions Coaching
Parenting Support
Trauma Resolution
Professional Training
Highlights and features
- 20+ years of experience in relationship and family therapy
- Specialized training in ADD/ADHD management for all ages
- Flexible session options including phone and email coaching
- Proven success with evidence-based therapeutic approaches
- Active participation in professional mental health development
Services
Counseling
Mental health counseling addresses diagnosed emotional and behavioral conditions through structured 50-minute sessions. This service helps clients manage chronic issues, acute stressors, and trauma-related disorders. Treatment plans incorporate evidence-based methodologies while maintaining strict confidentiality and insurance compliance.
Coaching
Goal-oriented coaching supports clients navigating life transitions, parenting challenges, and relationship difficulties. Sessions focus on practical solutions through flexible communication channels including phone, email, and in-person meetings. Services remain completely confidential and insurance-independent.
Hypnotherapy
Ericksonian hypnosis techniques access unconscious resources to address habit control, trauma resolution, and stress management. This specialized service requires formal agreements and combines traditional therapeutic approaches with modern psychological techniques for lasting behavioral change.
ADD/ADHD Coaching
Tailored coaching programs help individuals and families manage attention deficit disorders through structured strategies and skill development. The service emphasizes organizational techniques, self-awareness, and leveraging natural creativity to maximize personal potential and academic/professional success.
Professional Training
Specialized training programs for mental health professionals focus on solution-focused interviewing, therapeutic eclecticism, and practical skill application. Workshops combine theoretical instruction with hands-on practice, offering continuing education credits and professional development opportunities for clinicians at all experience levels.
People
William P. Meleney
Licensed Counselor & Coach
MA in Clinical Psychology with 40+ years of counseling experience. Specializes in relationship therapy, ADD/ADHD coaching, and Ericksonian hypnosis. Provides both client services and professional training programs.
Questions
What types of services do you offer?
I provide counseling for mental health conditions, life coaching for personal development, hypnotherapy for habit control, and specialized coaching for ADD/ADHD management.
Do you accept insurance for counseling services?
Counseling services may be covered by insurance if you have a diagnosed mental health condition. Coaching services are private pay as they're not covered by insurance.
How does coaching differ from traditional counseling?
Coaching focuses on goal achievement and life transitions without requiring a mental health diagnosis. It offers more flexible scheduling options including phone and email communication.
What are your qualifications?
I'm a licensed mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist in Washington State with a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology and 40+ years of clinical experience.
Do you offer remote sessions?
Coaching sessions are available via phone, email, or in-person. Counseling sessions require in-office visits for diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness.
