Melissa Groman LCSW

Melissa Groman LCSW Melissa Groman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in New Jersey. She specializes in treating eating and cutting disorders and mending marriages. Melissa founded the Good Practice Institute in 2007, and provides clinical supervision, consultation and practice building coaching to therapists from across the country via telephone. Melissa writes creatively late at night when her husband and five children are finally and blessedly asleep. She can be reached by phone at 973-667-8777 or through her website www.goodpracticeinstitute.com or email: Melissgro@aol.com.

Nothing To Say

By Melissa Groman LCSW on 11/5/15 - 6:25 PM

Clair* walks into my office this morning as she does every week. She sits downs and looks up. “I’ve got nothing to say today,” she tells me. Sometimes, I say nothing. I just sit and wait. Something will come. The unconscious mind can often be counted on to send something forward into the silence. But sometimes I feel the need to help things along. “Well,” I say, “What’s most on your mind?” Clair has been with me for a little over...

Just Peachy

By Melissa Groman LCSW

Clocked

By Melissa Groman LCSW

When Life Gets Messy, Don't Cut and R...

By Melissa Groman LCSW

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

By Melissa Groman LCSW on 8/22/12 - 11:20 AM

Last Sunday night I dropped a pot of boiling water on my hand. My quick thinking teen aged son who was standing near by promptly grabbed me, led me to the sink and held my burned wrist under perfectly tepid running water. Shortly there after we took a quick trip to the ER where they wrapped me up and sent me back home. I’m healing nicely. But the white bandage around my left hand has been good fodder all week in...

The Joy of Small Miracles in Psychoth...

By Melissa Groman LCSW