Melisa Marsh

Melisa Marsh, Ph.D. currently serves as an Assistant Principal at Piney Grove Middle School. She has over two decades in education, having served in roles of a Georgia State High School Counselor and Department Chair, Supervisor of Counseling/Advisement/Crisis Response, and School Counseling and Advisement Consultant.

Melisa received her Ph.D. in Counseling Education and Personnel Services and her Specialist Degree in School Counseling from the University of Georgia. She received her Advanced Masters in School Counseling Program from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

She is a national level speaker/consultant, and is also the author of two books in the 15-Minute Focus Series: Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention and Depression: Signs and Strategies for Counselors, Educators, and Parents, along with her latest workbook titled Stress and Burnout in Education.

Melisa lives in the Atlanta Metro area with her husband and puppies. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, yoga, cycling, running, hiking, and spending as much time outdoors as possible.