Licensed professional therapist

heal from distressing life experiences

Process stress, emotional injury, or traumatic life events to make sense of your experiences, find peace, and uncover an inherent sense of self-worth in the process.

For children, teens, and adults

Everyone deserves to heal, grow, and find inner wholeness.

Through personalized therapeutic services, I'll listen, empathize, and validate your experiences for life-changing outcomes.

Your First Session
In our first conversation, we'll talk about your goals and what therapy might look like for you or your child.
Individualized Therapy
Talk openly in a supportive environment with an objective, neutral, and nonjudgmental professional.
Strategic Transformation
I may recommend proven therapeutic techniques, like EMDR, to help you process trauma.
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"She helped me process the grief"

Melody helped me to see my own self-worth and value. She gave me the courage to make big goals and then supported me to pursue them. After my husband died, I found myself stuck in a rut and did not know how to move forward. She helped me process the grief and I identified other areas where I was stuck—she helped me to move forward and make great strides.

Micka psychotherapy client with Melody Diehl Virginia Beach, VA
Micka
Psychotherapy client
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"A new lease on life"

I went from an angry, insecure, depressed, sarcastic person, to a confident, content, caring, citizen with a new lease on life and enjoying every day since working with Melody. In therapy, my biggest realization was how connected events all throughout my life were and how those events have such a strong effect even in the present.

Xevier psychotherapy client with Melody Diehl Virginia Beach, VA
Xevier
Psychotherapy client

Meet Melody

National Board Certified Counselor

It takes courage to ask for help and dive into your own pain. Melody deeply empathizes with her clients' struggles, offering them professional expertise along with compassion, patience, and support.

Melody has devoted her career to providing person-centered therapy services that ensure you feel understood, validated, and empowered to heal toward wellness.
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Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC

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EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist

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Certified — Association for Play Therapy

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Master of Arts from Regent University

This practice operates exclusively on a self-pay basis to focus fully on the client-therapist relationship, ensuring privacy and flexibility that insurance protocols can sometimes limit.
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Services

A journey toward healing and wholeness begins with a single, brave step.

New Client Intake
Beginnings matter.

This session is designed to gather essential information, introduce you to the therapeutic process, and complete the initial paperwork.

50 minutes
$150 self-pay only
Adult Psychotherapy
50-min individual session.

This session offers an objective, neutral, and non-judgmental space. We may use Client Centered Therapy or EMDR for processing.

50 minutes
$165 self-pay only
90 Minute Session
Diving deeper.

Intense emotions and memories may require a longer session, especially with EMDR. Consult with Melody Diehl prior to booking.

90 minutes
$225 self-pay only
New Client Intake (Child)
For parents and guardians.

Understand the therapy process and provide insights that set the course for your child’s healing journey. Initial session without patient present.

50 minutes
$150 self-pay only
Child Psychotherapy
50-min individual session.

Play Therapy offers children a safe environment to process. Child-centered EMDR may be appropriate, depending on needs.

45 minutes
$165 self-pay only
Parent Session
Keeping you in the loop.

Stay informed about your child's progress. Insights, guidance, and collaborative strategies to support their journey. Virtual option available.

45 minutes
$150 self-pay only
Family Session
Healing together.

This psychotherapy session involves the client and their family members in a shared healing experience, to mend, grow, and flourish together.

50 minutes
$165 self-pay only
You have the courage, the strength, and now the opportunity.

Trust in your potential to heal and allow Melody Diehl's empathetic and expert approach support you in your processing.


This practice does not accept insurance.
Self-pay only.

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"She helped me get back on my feet after months of (not) dealing with a traumatic event."

Since I began therapy with Melody, I have a greater understanding of how I react in moments of stress and I learned how to consider the perspective of others in a new lens. Working with Melody was really uplifting. She helped me get back on my feet after months of (not) dealing with a traumatic event. Thanks to Melody, I started to notice where I held tension in myself and often where I released it, coming off as aggressive and impulsive. Thanks to Melody, I've learned more about myself so that I can have more self-control in stressful moments.

Ronnie teen EMDR psychotherapy client
Ronnie, 15
EMDR Psychotherapy client
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"Her whole outlook on things has changed for the better!"

Since my daughter started working with Melody, her whole outlook on things has changed for the better! Melody helped her learn ways to work through her anxieties and helped her develop strategies to overcome stress. During some of our 1-1 and family sessions, I saw how some of my own anxieties can affect my daughter and realized that developing ways to calm my stress not only helps me, but also will help her too.

Alison
Play Therapy client

Contact

Questions?

Phone: 757-657-0900
Collective Therapies Group: 328 Office Square Lane, Suite 201, Virginia Beach, VA, 23462-3651
Office Hours: Tuesday to Thursday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Your privacy is of the utmost importance. All information shared will be treated with the highest degree of confidentiality in line with professional ethical standards. Responses are typically provided within 24-48 hours.

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