Embrace Therapy & Wellness

Melissa K. Nicholson, LMSW is a psychotherapist and owner of Embrace Therapy & Wellness, LLC located in Grand Rapids, MI. She specializes in helping adoptees embrace their unique stories and gain wholeness through self-compassion and mindfulness-based practices. Melissa has graduate training in expressive therapies including art and play therapy. She has specialized training in treating borderline personality disorder and high risk youth and adults using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.Melissa started facilitating support groups for adoptees in 2017; she is the co-founder and Vice President of the Michigan Adoptee Collaborative, a nonprofit organization providing advocacy, education, and support for the adoption community. Melissa is currently in process of obtaining trauma-informed yoga teaching certification to expand her skills in her practice working with trauma.