Charles Melville
Highest Degree Held: Ph.D.
Specialties: 25 year using CBT with Anxiety Disorders, now with ACT
Types of Clients: Adolescents, Adults, Elderly
Languages spoken: English
Licensures/Certifications: GA
ACT/CBS Background and Training: 2 day workshop with Steve Hayes ABCT, 2005
2 day workshop with Kelly Wilson,2006
Individual supervision by Jason Luoma,2006
2 day workshop with Kelly Wilson, 2007
ACT Summer Institute III,2007
ACT Summer Insitute IV, 2008
Ongoing group supervision with Robyn Walser, 2008
2 day workshop with Kelly Wilson,2006
Individual supervision by Jason Luoma,2006
2 day workshop with Kelly Wilson, 2007
ACT Summer Institute III,2007
ACT Summer Insitute IV, 2008
Ongoing group supervision with Robyn Walser, 2008
ACT/CBS Experience: 5 years use of ACT with Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
Additional Information: My work (my passion) is to do the very best job I can to be of tangible help to people struggling with anxiety disorders. The majority of my work is with folks who have OCD and Panic Disorder but I find that many with one anxiety disorder also have depression to some degree and often Generalized Anxiety Disorder as well. For years I felt sure that Cognitive-Behavior Therapy was the only therapy of demonstrable effectiveness for these problems. Then the more I learned about and used ACT the clearer I became that it offered some very important elements that were missing from CBT. For some people, I believe that aspects of the cognitive component of CBT is counterprodutive. I am very excited about ACT and what it offers in the treatment of anxiety.