Melba (Fran) Roberts is a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor who has spent nine years helping people navigate loss and life changes.
01About Melba
Melba (Fran) Roberts is a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor who has spent nine years helping people navigate loss and life changes. She listens with compassion and aims to create a calm space where someone can speak about painful experiences at their own pace. Her background includes hands-on grief counseling at a hospice setting and a master’s degree in counseling and human services.
Fran focuses on grief, dying, and life-limiting illness, and also helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and caregiver strain.
Background and approach
She works with people struggling with guilt, shame, forgiveness, isolation, self-esteem, and the emotional impact of cancer and hospice care. Her approach is practical and person-centered rather than rushed or textbook. In sessions she draws from Client-Centered Therapy alongside other methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
That means she follows the client’s lead while offering tools to manage thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Conversations are steady and straightforward so people can build coping skills and feel less overwhelmed. Fran’s style is warm and respectful.
She pays attention to the whole person and the real-life context of their concerns. She helps people talk through hard feelings, work on communication problems, and reclaim a sense of self after loss or major change. She provides care in Colorado and conducts sessions with an emphasis on listening first, then offering strategies tailored to each person’s needs.
The goal is to help people find practical ways forward and to reconnect with meaning and self-compassion.
02Credentials
- LPC (Colorado)
- License LPC0004603 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1891913331 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melba lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Methods Melba names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
These are the methods Melba names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people accept difficult emotions while committing to actions that reflect their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, caregiving stress, and making meaning after loss. Client-Centered Therapy centers on the relationship - listening, empathy, and respect - so people feel heard while they process grief, relationship strain, or identity concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and gives concrete strategies to reduce anxiety, manage low mood, and improve coping.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That collaborative process guides which approaches are used and how sessions are paced.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful when face-to-face interaction helps the conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use brief, focused support during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit counseling into real life while using the therapeutic approaches that suit each person's needs.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She helps people dealing with grief, loss, and life-limiting illness as well as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, caregiver stress, and challenges like guilt or isolation.
How does she approach therapy in sessions?
Her style is client-centered and compassionate. She listens first, then offers practical tools from approaches such as ACT and CBT to help manage feelings and behavior.
What is her professional background?
She has nine years of direct experience working in grief counseling, including substantial time at a hospice, and holds a master’s degree in counseling and human services.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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