- Grief and loss
- Self esteem
- Caregiver stress
About Melba
Melba (Fran) Roberts is a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings nine years of clinical experience to her practice. She focuses on grief, loss, and life-limiting illness and helps people who are navigating stress, anxiety, depression, and shifts in important relationships. Fran speaks plainly and listens closely so clients can name what hurts and begin to move forward.
Fran earned a Master of Arts in Counseling and Human Services from the University of Colorado and spent nine years working as a grief counselor at Pikes Peak Hospice. That experience shaped how she supports people facing serious illness, end-of-life questions, and caregiver strain. She also helps people dealing with parenting stress, communication problems, and compassion fatigue.
Her main therapeutic stance is client-centered therapy, which centers the person’s own experience in the room. She blends this with approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to offer practical tools alongside emotional support. Fran draws on Emotionally-Focused and Jungian ideas when helpful to explore relationship patterns and deeper meaning.
In sessions she aims to create a respectful space where clients can speak at their own pace. Work may include naming hard emotions, practicing new ways of responding, and rebuilding a sense of self-worth. Self esteem and self-love are common threads in her work.
People come to Fran when they need help coping with life changes, grief, or chronic stress. She emphasizes steady listening, clear explanations, and steps that feel manageable for each person.
Fran earned a Master of Arts in Counseling and Human Services from the University of Colorado and spent nine years working as a grief counselor at Pikes Peak Hospice. That experience shaped how she supports people facing serious illness, end-of-life questions, and caregiver strain. She also helps people dealing with parenting stress, communication problems, and compassion fatigue.
Her main therapeutic stance is client-centered therapy, which centers the person’s own experience in the room. She blends this with approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to offer practical tools alongside emotional support. Fran draws on Emotionally-Focused and Jungian ideas when helpful to explore relationship patterns and deeper meaning.
In sessions she aims to create a respectful space where clients can speak at their own pace. Work may include naming hard emotions, practicing new ways of responding, and rebuilding a sense of self-worth. Self esteem and self-love are common threads in her work.
People come to Fran when they need help coping with life changes, grief, or chronic stress. She emphasizes steady listening, clear explanations, and steps that feel manageable for each person.