Melissa Fickey, MD

Embracing Life Wellness Center

Dr. Melissa Fickey is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, in addition to offering Adult Psychiatric services. A Tampa native, she is the founder of Embracing Life Wellness Center, with an office in Riverview and a new South Tampa location, as well as the option to treat via telehealth. The practice’s mission is to provide high-quality, compassionate mental health care to their patients in a relaxed and aesthetically pleasing environment.

Dr. Fickey is a nationally recognized TMS provider and has been a speaker on NeuroStar TMS at numerous national conferences. With specialization in child psychiatry, Dr. Fickey was proud to partner with NeuroStar to help present NeuroStar TMS to the FDA and get this treatment cleared for adolescents.

NeuroStar TMS is a non-drug treatment option for depression, anxious depression, and OCD. Dr. Fickey and her team have performed over 25,000 treatment sessions.

“As the founder of Embracing Life Wellness Center, my vision was to have a practice that offers only high-quality mental health treatment in a caring and compassionate environment, setting the standard of what patients should expect from their mental health care provider. I am proud to say we have done just that at Embracing Life Wellness Center, while empowering our patients to embrace their lives to the fullest. I am passionate about mental wellness, and I will continue to strive on the path towards excellence, only offering the best mental health treatment for our patients and our community. Mental health and wellness is a serious need and a valuable service to mankind—I will practice it with the passion it deserves,” says Dr. Fickey.

Embracing Life Wellness Center will celebrate one decade in business this year!