MENTAL HEALTH AT WORK SPECIALIST
ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST | FORMER MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST | AUTHOR
ABOUT MELISSA DOMAN
Melissa Doman, MA is an Organizational Psychologist, Former Clinical Mental Health Therapist, & Author of, Yes, You Can Talk About Mental Health at Work (Here’s Why And How To Do It Really Well).
She’s been featured as a subject matter expert speaker at SXSW, in editorial features for CNN, Vogue, NPR, the BBC, CNBC, Fast Company, Inc., and in LinkedIn’s 2022 Top 10 Voices for Mental Health and Big Ideas 2023 List.
Melissa works with companies across industries around the globe – including clients like Google, Etsy, the Orlando City Soccer Club, Dow Jones, Microsoft, Estée Lauder, Siemens, Salesforce, MAC, Clinique, Aveda, Janssen, Bumble & bumble, and more.
Having lived abroad in South Korea, England, Australia, and traveled to 45+ countries, Melissa calls upon her global experiences to inform how she works with companies around the world. She also served as the consulting subject-matter expert for the manuscript and wrote the foreword for Beat Stress at Work: How to Balance Your Ambition With Your Anxiety by Mark Simmonds.
Melissa has one core goal: to equip companies, individuals, and leaders to have constructive conversations about mental health at work, team dynamics, and communication in the workplace. Her work and book aim to accomplish just that.
Melissa also holds an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Adler University and a B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Communications from The George Washington University. While in clinical practice, she held several licenses at the state and national levels and achieved certification through a Stanford University-sponsored program as a Chronic Disease Self-Management Educator. She is also a Certified Professional Facilitator of the Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI).
Melissa uses her unique hybrid background of education and field experience in both clinical and organizational psychology to translate complex ideas into simple actionable knowledge to help bridge this skills gap for employees and leaders in your organization.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE
“There’s a lot of beauty in this world, but it’s also really tough out there. While I can’t control much, I can control how I communicate with others, how I behave, and what I teach others. I can help people learn to talk about their own mental health and create space for others to do the same. That is a torch I’m proud to carry in this world.”
During her downtime, Melissa loves to travel around the world, go salsa dancing, hike with her husband and their rescue dog Lola, make tortillas from scratch, and play Bananagrams.
Way back in the day, she tried out for American Idol and The Voice. And, if you ask her nicely…she even might show you her famous Chewbacca impression.
