Opened Heart Therapy

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Welcome!

Regardless of what has led you to consider therapy – trauma or loss, intense emotions or thoughts, parenting struggles, relationship conflict, your child’s medical diagnosis or developmental delay – you are probably here because you want something in your life to change. At the heart of these very human struggles, there are often more paths than we realize toward resilience and self-compassion. Enhancing these innate capacities won’t necessarily minimize or prevent your pain, but it can make life more livable and its difficulties more bearable. Our mission is to offer a therapy tailored to meet your unique needs, grounded in science, and guided by empirically-derived best practices. We monitor your needs on an ongoing basis to ensure that therapy stays useful and effective over time. Our goal is for you to see results and to end therapy living life differently than when you started. Please explore our site to learn more about how we can help you find the tools you need to get through the challenges you are facing. We’re not afraid of skepticism or lack of hope about change; we’re always happy to talk or answer any questions you may have. We look forward to hearing from you!  

Meet Our Team

  • Bio headshot for Melissa Ming Foynes, PhD | Trauma Therapist & Grief Counselor | Opened Heart Therapy | Chapel Hill, NC 27514

    Melissa Ming Foynes, PhD

    Dr. Foynes has over 15 years of experience working with people coping with very human struggles: maintaining satisfying relationships, managing intense emotions and thoughts without feeling consumed by them, living in the present moment without being haunted by memories of the past or worries about the future, and arriving at a place where our lives Read more

  • Matthew Munich, LICSW, PhD

    Matthew brings 20 years of experience in human service fields helping people find their true selves through understanding what diverted the course of true self expression in the first place. Often life presented hindrances early and often: important relationships that did not meet your basic needs, either by not understanding you, or through outright disregard Read more

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