Marriage & Family Therapist
525 Cordova St.
Pasadena, CA
91101
Top reviews
Dr Niazi is the best. He is knowledgeable, dependable, and committed to helping his patients.
Office was clean, staff friendly, snacks for kids. Love this office and team!
Melissa Garcia is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) at Adelpha Psychiatric Group in Encino and Pasadena, California. License #151060.
Melissa is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality mental health care to individuals from diverse backgrounds. As a first-generation Latina, she deeply values cultural competence and strives to create an inclusive, judgment-free environment where all clients feel safe and supported.
Melissa’s approach is holistic and mindfulness-based, integrating therapeutic modalities such as CBT, Psychodynamic Therapy, EMDR, and Somatic Therapy. Emphasizing the mind-body connection, she works collaboratively with clients to develop practical tools for managing stress and promoting overall well-being.
Melissa holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University, as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies from California State University, Northridge (CSUN). She tailors each client’s experience with empathy and respect, helping to set clear, personalized goals that foster resilience, self-compassion, and meaningful progress.
Melissa enjoys working with teens and adults navigating ADHD and trauma, as well as those who are ready to explore their authentic selves and begin a journey of healing and personal growth. She has experience supporting individuals facing anxiety, depression, mood and personality disorders, and OCD. Her background also includes work in a crisis residential treatment program, where she provided care to individuals experiencing homelessness or reentering the community after incarceration.
Medication Management
Addiction
ADHD
Adult Psychiatry
Anxiety
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Child Psychiatry
Couples Therapy
Depression
Eating Disorders
Gender Dysphoria Disorder
Grief and Stress Management
Mood Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Panic Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Psychiatric Evaluation
Psychotherapy
Psychotic Disorders
Reproductive Psychiatry
Schizoaffective Disorder
Schizophrenia
Telehealth
Womens Mental Health
Marriage and Family Therapy
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Location
Adelpha Psychiatric Group
525 Cordova St.
Pasadena, CA, 91101
More About Ms. Melissa Garcia
Practice
Specialties
Insurance
NPI Number
1730828161
Provider's Gender
Female
Reviews
Dr Niazi is the best. He is knowledgeable, dependable, and committed to helping his patients.
Office was clean, staff friendly, snacks for kids. Love this office and team!
Really helpful and knowledgeable!
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Very easy appointment and communication platform; highly responsive and experienced psychiatric care.
Life savers truly from the nursing staff to an amazing doctor pulled me through a very dark time and continue to help me heal. Truly God sent. Thank you all at Adelpha Psychiatric Group for being amazing.
Melissa is the best, she’s so easy to talk to and she’s funny and every time I talk to her I feel better after she really makes things easier.
always enlightening
Very thoughtful & attentive! Always quick to help when I reach out :)
Good session.
Dr. Eipl is the best! She has helped me tremendously and continues to help me make strides in my healing.
Dr. Niazi genuinely cares for our son and is incredibly kind and supportive. Best Dr. We have ever had for our family
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I am Lily’s father and we are thrilled with Dr. Niazi.
Dr Niazi is kind, caring, compassionate, accessible, responsive to patient portal messages, and very knowledgeable. I trust him and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to others.
Calming.
sessions have been very productive so far, i’m beyond satisfied with every session i’ve had so far
Dr Benalt has changed my life for the better. Her kindness and knowledge has taught me to be in charge of my life and find happiness.
