About Dr. Marshall

Dr. Melissa Berggren-Marshall is the sole provider at Inner Light Psychological Services PLLC, a private mental and behavioral health practice located in the heart of the New Hampshire Seacoast. She provides individualized neuropsychological evaluations and counseling in a relaxed, safe, and inclusive setting where clients and families get their time without feeling hurried.

Dr. Melissa earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Connecticut and is a licensed psychologist in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. Her interest in the integration of clinical psychology and education prompted her to seek training and professional opportunities to acquire a depth and breadth of knowledge while gaining diverse yet specialized applied experience. She is also a licensed school psychologist in Massachusetts and Connecticut. 

Before shifting to outpatient settings, Dr. Melissa firmly believed in practicing across settings to acquire a better understanding of the whole-child and interaction between child, parents/guardians, family, teachers, and community. As a practitioner, she provided psychotherapy and evaluation services to children, adolescents, and young adults who presented with significant behavior and emotional vulnerabilities as well as neurodevelopmental disorders in clinical schools and outpatient settings. Dr. Melissa also served in various leadership positions working closely with special education and district administrators as well as with the legal counsel of school districts. As a result of her experience in education, she is well-versed in navigating the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 regulations. 

Obtaining advanced clinical training, Dr. Melissa completed a health service provider postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology. Clinically, she has experience providing clinical interventions and conducting comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological evaluations for children, adolescents, and young adults with a variety of clinical presentations using individualized, strength-based approaches. 

Dr. Melissa holds her role as therapist and evaluator with honor and gratitude. She strives to be completely intentional with every individual and family she works with. To that end, she focuses on fostering a safe and trusting environment as she helps individuals and families work through their vulnerabilities. She takes great pride in helping her clients increase their self-awareness, excavate their vulnerabilities, and increase their ability to effectively cope and communicate. 

Personally, Dr. Melissa was a collegiate lacrosse player and former competitor of the martial art, Mauy Thai. With her competition days behind her, Dr. Melissa is a volunteer coach for Seacoast youth athletics and enjoys spending time with her family, being outside (especially on the beach), skiing, and meditating. She also enjoys dabbling in a delightful mishmash of hobbies with absolutely no rhyme or reason including writing, gardening, astronomy, metal detecting, wood carving and burning, painting, and learning about quantum mechanics and astrophysics.