Love your life, like your body + calm your anxious mind.
Therapy for the highly anxious, obsessive thinkers + emotional eaters
OCD + Anxiety Treatment | Disordered Eating + Body Image Treatment
Based in Central Texas and serving all of Texas virtually
HOW MANY HOURS OF YOUR DAY ARE CONSUMED BY THOUGHTS OF FOOD, YOUR BODY, OR DOUBTING YOURSELF?
You're exhausted from the daily battle to be “good enough”, only to come up short every night. Maybe your brain is constantly scanning for what's wrong; what you ate, how your body looks, if you said the right thing, what might go wrong, or whether you're really sure you're safe. You overthink, check, plan, restrict, avoid, seek reassurance, or try to control things just to get a little relief.
Except the relief never really lasts. Because the more you try to control the discomfort, the more out of control you feel. The rules get stricter. The list of things you can't eat, can't do, can't think about, or can't tolerate gets longer. And before you know it, your world has gotten pretty dang small.
Maybe you don't even recognize yourself anymore. You just know you're tired. Tired of arguing with your brain. Tired of trying to fix your body. Tired of needing everything to feel just right before you can relax. Tired of waiting for the day when you'll finally feel good enough.
When is the last time you ate without planning how to make up for it, moved your body for pleasure instead of punishment, or did something uncomfortable without needing to make sure everything would be okay first?
Healing doesn’t happen alone.
It is my joy and honor to sit with you in deep connection and witness building your meaningful life.
Welcome friends, I am so glad you are here. My name is Bobbie Shae Melton, LPC. You can call me Bobbie! I help teens and adults age 16+ learn how to break free from disordered eating, chronic dieting, negative body image, high anxiety, and obsessive thinking. I specialize in the treatment of eating disorders, OCD, and anxiety in my practice.
I bring high empathy + conviction, a side of quirkiness, and a splash of lived experience into the therapy room. I leave with bits of wisdom from each client that collectively serves my future clients. I am rooted in proven therapeutic approaches to heal your relationship with mind, body and food, and flowing in flexibility to fit your individual path and values.
My approach is evidence-based, utilizing three main therapeutic modalities: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Tactful + targeted talking, hands-on practicing, a splash of fun, and a whole lot of healing is my vibe.
SERVICES + PRICING
individual therapy
Let your thoughts flow and take up space in a 1:1 setting that’s just for you. Healing happens in spaces where you feel seen, heard, and understood. Come sit with me and experience just that. Most sessions are held virtually, so you can do therapy from the comfort of your own space, anywhere in Texas.
50 Minutes | $160
Walk + Talk therapy
Walk + Talk sessions offer an opportunity to take our work outside and practice skills in the real world. This can be especially helpful when we're working on anxiety, OCD, exposure work, or simply getting unstuck.
Walk + Talk sessions are available at Pace Park in Salado, Texas.
45 Minutes | $160
Please Note:
I am in network with Aetna, United, and BCBS insurance plans.
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1.Book a complimentary 15 minute meet & greet phone call.
Click the button below to head to my contact page. You’ll fill out a short form with your contact information and just a bit about what made you reach out. I’ll schedule us for a free 15 minute meet & greet call to make sure you like the vibe before diving in on working together.
THIS ALL RESONATES…NOW WHAT?
2.schedule your first session.
On our call, we will make sure to get our first session on the books and work out all the other details.
3.head towards recovery!
Ready to love your life, like your body, and calm your anxious mind? I can’t wait to see what life has in store for you on the other side of recovery!
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I HAVE ANSWERS.
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I have a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Texas A&M University - College Station (2012), and a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Texas A&M University - Central Texas (2018). I previously worked at an eating disorder treatment hospital with clients and their families seeking inpatient and outpatient care for their eating disorder. I've worked in other care settings as well assisting high school students navigating life transitions, and community mental health. In my past work life, I worked as a litigation paralegal at a law firm for about five years before returning to school to pursue my counseling career. I’ve been in private practice serving clients since 2020.
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I work with guys and gals age 16+ who:
Feel like their relationship with food, exercise, or their body has become exhausting or all-consuming.
Struggle with binge eating, restricting, purging, emotional eating, or other disordered eating behaviors, even if they're not sure they have an eating disorder.
Spend a lot of time worrying about their weight, appearance, body image, or what they've eaten.
Feel trapped in the cycle of dieting, overeating, guilt, and starting over again.
Use compulsive exercise to manage anxiety, guilt, or how they feel about their body.
Have OCD or intrusive thoughts that won't leave them alone, or feel like they have to perform certain rituals, checking, reassurance-seeking, or mental compulsions to feel okay.
Experience intense anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism, or a constant feeling that something might go wrong.
Avoid people, places, foods, situations, or experiences because anxiety or fear has gotten in the way of living their life.
Feel stuck in “what if?” thinking and spend hours analyzing, researching, checking, or seeking reassurance.
Have a complicated relationship with food or eating because of sensory sensitivities, anxiety, fear of certain foods, or ARFID.
Know that their behaviors aren't helping but feel incredibly anxious about what might happen if they stop.
Are ready to spend less time fighting their mind and body and more time building a meaningful life outside of anxiety, OCD, or an eating disorder.
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Yes! If you are unsure if what you are up against is OCD, anxiety, an eating disorder, or something else, please come see me and we can determine that together in our first few sessions. A clear diagnosis can help create a clear path forward to feeling free in your mind and body. A strained relationship with your body, food, or movement is worth working on, no matter what we name it.
If you like my vibe and think we’d be a good match, but you want to just walk through some general life matters, relationship woes, or life transitions, you are welcome here too!
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Yes I do! If bringing your faith into the counseling room is important to you, I can be of support on your journey. If you are exploring your faith, wanting to strengthen your spiritual beliefs or practices, or simply want to talk with a counselor of Christian faith, I’m your gal. I’ll let you set the pace on how much or how little you’d like to incorporate spirituality into therapy sessions.
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I recommend getting started with weekly sessions, and continuing that pace for about three months. After a strong foundation is built, meeting every-other-week, and then as needed for tune-ups is the goal, so long as you are thriving and ready!
“I knew from day 1 that Bobbie was my ideal therapist.”
She is compassionate, non-judgmental, humorous and truly a safe place to land. I had been stuck in disordered eating cycles pretty much my entire life, but with Bobbie I’ve been able to develop strategies and actionable plans to get me out. She makes things as radical as self-compassion feel workable! Each session has brought me insight that has truly made a difference in my journey to better myself. Thank you Bobbie for all that you have done for me!