About Melody Cline, MA, LMFT, CCTP, Registered Play Therapist

Melody Cline MA, LMFT, CCTP is a native Tennessean and the former Clinical Director for a specialty practice serving children and families in the Chicagoland area before relocating back to TN to open her own practice. Melody has completed the training and experience to become a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (IL and TN), a Registered Play Therapist, a former APT Approved Provider, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and a Clinical Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She has also completed level 2 training in Gottman Method marriage therapy as well as Gottman Trauma and Affairs training, and is also a Certified PREPARE/ENRICH Facilitator. She has a passion for strengths-focused, spiritually-informed relational therapy helping marriages, parents, children, and families who are experiencing distress.

​Education
  • B.A. in Bible, Psychology, and World Cultures from Freed-Hardeman University
  • M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Wheaton College with additional graduate coursework in Bereavement and Sex and Sexuality

​​Additional Certifications and Training
  • Certified Clinical Trauma Provider (International Assoc. of Trauma Professionals)
  • 40hr Family Mediation Training (Univ. of Wisconsin Milwaukee Continuing Education)
  • 32hr Special Education Mediation Training (Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System)
  • Completed training and supervision toward Theraplay® Foundation Level Certification (Theraplay Institute)
  • Registered Play Therapist (Association for Play Therapy)
  • Former Approved Provider of Play Therapy CEs (Association for Play Therapy)
  • Completed Gottman Level 1, 2, and Trauma and Affairs Training
  • AAMFT Approved Supervisor (American Assoc. for Marriage and Family Therapy)
  • EMDR fully trained
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