Miquel Anastasi-Melchert is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor.  She received her undergraduate degree in elementary education from Loras College in 1997.  Miquel has worked in many different office settings (factory, business, retail, hospital) and then as an elementary and middle school teacher for several years.  She received her masters in counseling from the University of Northern Iowa in 2009, transitioning into working as a full-time school counselor and part-time mental health counselor.  She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, clinical, and educational settings. Miquel transitioned to a full-time mental health counselor in 2017 after practicing part-time since 2009. She has interest and experience working with, but not limited to; ADHD, autism, learning and behavioral issues, emotional regulation, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, LGBTQ+, trauma, crisis, parenting, divorce, infertility, grief, life transitions in therapeutic forms of family, parent-child, couples, and individual counseling.

Miquel utilizes cognitive behavioral and solution focused therapies most regularly, adjusting with the needs of her clients’ needs.  Miquel believes in guiding her clients in making positive change for themselves, building their coping strategies and support systems to become more successful independently. 

When Miquel has free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, gardening, reading, sewing, volunteering, traveling, learning, exercising, and cheering on the Hawkeyes and children at sporting events.