Melba (Fran) Roberts , LPC

Melba (Fran) Roberts is a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor who brings focused expertise in grief, dying, and life-limiting illness to her clinical work. She holds an M.A. in Counseling and Human Services from the University of Colorado and maintains the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, authorizing her to provide therapeutic services in the state.

With nine years of experience, including nine years as a grief counselor at Pikes Peak Hospice, she has supported people facing the many forms of loss - from the death of a loved one to the end of relationships, changes in employment, or other life transitions. She integrates clinical training with practical compassion to help clients find pathways toward healing.

Her primary theoretical orientation is Client-Centered Therapy, and she combines that foundation with a range of approaches and techniques tailored to each person. She approaches every session with compassion, humility, and respect, creating an emotionally safe space where clients can express their pain at their own pace.

She works with individuals confronting stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family concerns, caregiver stress and compassion fatigue, and challenges such as guilt, shame, and isolation. Her practice is aimed at helping people process loss and move toward a sense of wholeness and renewal.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care

Client-Centered Therapy places the client at the heart of the process, offering an accepting, nonjudgmental stance that helps people explore their feelings and find their own direction; it is especially helpful for those coping with grief, life transitions, and emotional pain. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and to improve coping skills for everyday stressors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps partners and individuals better understand and express vulnerable emotions, strengthening connection and addressing intimacy and relationship difficulties.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions may draw from one or more approaches so care can be tailored and responsive.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, manage caregiving responsibilities, and access licensed professionals from home. These options allow ongoing connection and continuity of care even when in-person visits are not possible.