Melissa Maranda is a creative writer, licensed mental health counselor and energy healer in private practice in Bettendorf, Iowa. She specializes in marriage/relationship counseling, anxiety, depression, past trauma, parenting, addiction, spirituality, energy healing and the Law of Attraction. She attended the University of Iowa for her Bachelor of Arts in Child Development, the University of Central Florida for her Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling, and the University of Metaphysical Sciences for a Bachelor of Science in Divinity, a Master of Science in Holistic Counseling, and a Philosopher of Transpersonal Counseling, Ph.D.