The Tools Life Never Taught You.
Nobody taught most of us how to communicate effectively, navigate conflict, regulate emotions, build healthy relationships, process trauma, or maintain intimacy over time.
Yet somehow, we were expected to know.
At Junction Therapy Group, we believe many of the struggles people face aren't because they're broken, weak, or incapable. More often, they're navigating life's most important relationships and challenges without ever being given the tools, education, or support needed to do so successfully.
That's where we come in.
Junction Therapy Group was built to help people understand themselves more deeply, build healthier relationships, heal from trauma, and develop the practical skills needed to create lasting change.
Because insight is important, but insight alone isn't enough.
Real growth happens when understanding is paired with action.
OUR MISSION + VISION
Our mission is to help people build healthier relationships with themselves, others, and the world around them by providing practical, trauma-informed, and evidence-based therapy that creates meaningful and sustainable change.
We believe therapy should be accessible, honest, collaborative, and rooted in real life, not just theory.
Our goal is not simply symptom reduction.
Our goal is helping people function better, connect more deeply, and live more intentionally.
We envision a world where emotional education, relationship skills, and mental health support are not reserved for moments of crisis.
A world where people understand how trauma impacts behavior, how relationships influence wellbeing, and how emotional skills can be learned just like any other skill.
We are building more than a therapy practice.
We're building a place where people can learn what should have been taught in the first place.
MEET OUR FOUNDER
Elizabeth Melchione
Founder | Therapist | Veteran | Educator
Junction Therapy Group was founded by Elizabeth Melchione, a therapist, veteran, educator, and advocate for practical mental health and relationship education.
Throughout her career, Elizabeth noticed a common theme among clients from all backgrounds.
People weren't struggling because they lacked intelligence, motivation, or effort.
They were struggling because they were trying to navigate complex systems; relationships, careers, parenthood, trauma, communication, emotional regulation, identity, and adulthood itself; without ever having been taught how.
That realization became the foundation for Junction Therapy Group.
Elizabeth specializes in relationship dynamics, trauma, PTSD, attachment, emotional regulation, communication, sexuality, and life transitions. Her approach combines clinical expertise with a grounded understanding of what it means to be human.
As a veteran, wife, mother, therapist, and lifelong learner, Elizabeth understands that growth is rarely linear and that healing requires both compassion and accountability.
Her goal is simple:
To create a space where people feel understood, challenged, supported, and empowered to create meaningful change in their lives.
Elizabeth is currently licensed to provide services in Maryland and Arizona. She has an active waitlist and is not offering consultations. You are welcome to join her waitlist if you choose, or request a consultation with another member of our team.
MEET TATIANA
Tatiana Rummel, LCPC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Insurance for sessions with Tatiana
Currently accepting: Aetna, UHC, and CareFirst BCBS.
Cigna is pending, hoped for before January 1, 2027.
Please confirm coverage for your specific plan before starting services.
Tatiana works with adults who want to better understand themselves, their relationships, and the patterns that keep showing up in their lives. She especially enjoys working with clients who are curious, open to self-exploration, and ready to make meaningful changes, even if they are not quite sure where to start.
Her areas of focus include life transitions, identity exploration, relationship and interpersonal concerns, attachment patterns, sexual identity and exploration, and other sex-related concerns. Tatiana takes a sex-positive, nonjudgmental approach and believes therapy should be a place where clients can talk openly about relationships, intimacy, sexuality, and identity without feeling like they need to edit or explain themselves.
Tatiana knows that opening up to a therapist can feel vulnerable or awkward, especially at first. Her style is warm, collaborative, person-centered, and laid-back, and she works to create a space where clients feel comfortable being honest about what is really going on. She is interested not only in what a client is struggling with, but also in the relationships, experiences, and environments that have helped shape who they are.
In therapy, Tatiana draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She uses these approaches flexibly, with an emphasis on helping clients notice patterns, build practical skills, understand themselves more deeply, and make choices that feel more aligned with their values.
Tatiana was drawn to becoming a therapist because she believes everyone deserves to have at least one person in their life who will listen without judgment, take them seriously, and also challenge them when growth calls for it. Her own experience living in different countries and across different socioeconomic circumstances has also shaped the way she thinks about identity, relationships, and the many factors that influence how people move through the world.
Outside of work, Tatiana enjoys practicing Spanish, trying new restaurants, and spending time with friends. She is a self-described foodie and is always happy to discover a new favorite spot.
Most of all, Tatiana wants clients to know they do not have to figure everything out alone. Therapy with her is a space to be curious, be honest, and explore who you are and what you want your life and relationships to look like.
LET'S START WHERE YOU ARE
You don't need to have it all figured out before reaching out.
You don't need the perfect words.
You don't need to wait until things get worse.
You simply need a place to start.
And that's what Junction is here for.
Because the skills that change your life can be learned.