Wanderlust Therapeutic Services

12/29/2025

12/27/2025

Please head over to Balin Books today to support our friends at the the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter, Inc.

NSKS provides is unprecedented asset to the Nashua community and our CEO is proud to serve as a volunteer Member of the Board of Directors.

Our CEO is as a previous client of the NSKS food services as a child and young adult which helps show how effective they are at lifting people up when they need a hand!

✨ Just a reminder that tomorrow, the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter will be in the store, sharing information about their work and collecting monetary donations.

Please stop by to learn more about how they support and serve our community.

We hope to see you tomorrow! 🎄✨

12/25/2025

A Message from Our Family to Yours

From the living rooms where we first dreamed of this practice to the warm office spaces we share today, this season always brings us back to our roots.

As we celebrate the holidays, we want to take a moment to send our warmest wishes to our incredible clients, dedicated staff, esteemed colleagues, and the entire community that surrounds us.

To Our Community:

Whether you are celebrating Christmas, observing another tradition, or simply finding a moment of quiet reflection during the winter break, we wish you peace and renewal. We honor and respect the many diverse ways our community finds meaning and connection during this time of year.

Our "Mom & Pop" Heart

Wanderlust Therapeutic Services isn't just a business to us; it’s a part of our family. Being a "mom & pop" counseling shop means the world to us. There is an irreplaceable value in doing business in the same neighborhoods where we go to the grocery store, cheer at local parks, and raise our own children.

We don't take it lightly that you invite us into your lives. To every individual and family who has walked through our doors: thank you for the trust you place in our evidence-based psychotherapy.

That trust allows us to keep our practice personal, professional, and deeply rooted in the community we love.

May your New Year be filled with growth, healing, and hope.

With deep gratitude,

Melbourne & Lisa Moran
Founders, Wanderlust Therapeutic Services, PLLC

12/24/2025

4 Years of Excellence—And a Heart for Greater Nashua

​We are honored to share that Wanderlust Therapeutic Services has been voted Best Mental Health Provider for four consecutive years.

Your support has officially placed us in the Top 5 again!

​This year, however, our "mom and pop" shop wants to do things a little differently. 2025 has been a challenging year for healthcare. From state and federal shifts to the rise in uncompensated care, we’ve had to lean harder than ever into our mission of community.

​While we would love your vote, we also want to shine a light on our incredible partners. Our friends at Harbor Care and Greater Nashua Mental Health have faced even steeper uphill battles with grant cuts and clawbacks—yet they continue to serve our homeless and SMI populations with passion and grace.

​As Michael Apfelberg from the United Way of Greater Nashua says, we work best when we work United!

​How to Vote:

​Click the link below.

​Find us in the Health section under Mental Health Provider.

​Vote daily from Dec 21–28!

​🗳 Vote Here:
https://www.nashuatelegraph.com/promo/?pid=6909 #/group/2138/category/37775

​While you're there, please consider supporting our "brothers and sisters" in the non-profit sector. Let’s show the world how strong the Nashua mental health community is! 🤝

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12/22/2025

This is a great article!

Wanderlust is always asked why we opened locations in Washington, the answer a more stable and predictable heathcare insurance market. While 2026 will bring two to three new NH Wanderlust locations they will be smaller compared to our 2026 expansion in Washington and Masschusetts.

It's just business (but does it have to be?), resources go not only where there is demand for mental healthcare but the communities we set up shop in need stability and predictability in the State government as well.

That stability allows us to render competent care to our patients and take care of our over 50 employees & their families nationwide.

The tough part is, our out of state mom and pop locations have to subsidize our risk in our current and future New Hampshire locations.

Nashua, New Hampshire is our home office no matter what and in order to continue to take mediciad and ACA plans we can't just rely on advocating for practicle reform, we have invest out of State to take care our people in our home, New Hampshire.

The granite advantage doesn't seem to apply much to small business healthcare when people like Rep. Edwards put their thumbs on our necks to hold down our ability to compete.

While some Reps on the otherside of the aisle think mental health providers like us can't support our brothers and sisters at the community mental health centers by sharing the load of some Mental Health Service Act services (which comes with its own risk of uncompensated care but $1 mil in uncompensated care to one orginization is a lot, spread the services out among other orginizations willing to take on a revenue loss leader and the pain turns into just a pinch).

We saw how BDAS changed the rules for corporations to come in and rendered SUD services and the Farnum Center closed, your local small healthcare wants Farnum, out of state corporations just want their clients and don't care if they close.

The most intune orginizations to understand we all need to work together to support each other in healthcare is your local mom and pop counseling shop, primary care doctor, dentist, and local non profit.

Why? Because we are all neighbors but self interest and infighting led to out of state SUD corporations coming in and soaking the market. There are some that are community focused and we do work with them as well!

With work and bi-partisian collaberation New Hampshire can be # 1 in healthcare again, but that talent is already here, we just need to do a better job listening to each other and not resisting practical & meaning legislation change for the betterment of all our neighbors, even if we don't like them sometimes, because otherwise the patient just becomes a number and the human being behind that number get lost in a broken system with inadequate care.

My husband and I have devoted much of 2025 to dealing with his cancer diagnosis and treatments. Around May, he opened a statement of costs to providers and pharmacies, insurance adjustments, and our out-of-pocket expenses and commented, “If we were poor, I’d already be dead.”

12/21/2025

Hey New Hampshire!

Wanderlust never forgets the people and small businesses that helped get us to where we are today.

In our heart & minds we know small business partnerships are the only way Mom and Pop shops like ours are crucial not only to help us survive but compete against out of state corporations looking to s***f out the local start up.

Way back when Signs By Donna made the very first Wanderlust branded banner, giving us one of our first "mom and pop" partnerships to take our brand to the next level, in order to compete with national hedgefund & corporate mental health companies.

In the true mom and pop entrepreneurial spirit, Donna Sanders is adding another great business to her Nashua portfolio, but this time she's hitting our sweet tooths with Decadent Delights!

Give Donna at Decadent Delights a call, 603-930-2876, and tell her Wanderlust sent you!

12/15/2025

This Christmas & Holiday season, Wanderlust did something a little different to celebrate our incredible team.

We hosted intimate, private dining experiences across our regional locations, along with a fun ugly sweater dinner for our clinical students. These gatherings were designed to foster genuine, human connection—bringing our staff and their families together to relax, mingle, and celebrate outside of the office.

We’re grateful for the people who make Wanderlust what it is and proud to create moments that bring us closer together.

New Hampshire Holiday & Christmas Sunday Brunch + Ugly Sweater Dinner held at Local Street Eats in historic downtown Nashua!

Washington Private Holiday Dining held at Cecilia in Vancouver, WA!

Acoustic music for our brunch at Local Street Eats conducted by Connor Coburn!

Thank you to all the staff of the venues we used we appreciate you all!

Special Thank You to our CXO Lisa for planning these coast to coast celebrations!

11/28/2025

Community, Compassion, and Coming Together

This past Tuesday, Melbourne and Lisa—Founders and Owners of Wanderlust Therapeutic Services—had the privilege of volunteering at the Harbor Care 22nd Annual Thanksgiving Community Dinner here in Nashua. This year was especially meaningful, as it marked both Lisa’s first time participating and our first year sponsoring the event as a small business.

From serving meals to connecting with guests, our Wanderlust team came together to support an organization doing important work in our community. At every volunteer gathering, we continue to notice the same dedicated group of helpers—individuals, nonprofits, and local businesses who consistently show up where they’re needed most. Their commitment is what makes events like this possible, and we’re grateful to stand alongside them.

At Wanderlust Therapeutic Services, community involvement has always been central to who we are. Giving back, supporting local organizations, and being present for our neighbors reflects the same values that guide our work every day.

If you or someone you know is seeking support with mental health or emotional well-being, our small business offers outpatient counseling services for individuals, children, and families. We’re here when the time feels right, and we welcome the opportunity to support you.

Together, we can continue building a stronger, more connected community.

11/26/2025

It was these words I heard sung Monday morning at the Pine Street Extension encampment, while representatives from Wanderlust Therapeutic Services and Soel

11/23/2025

Another Proud Moment for the Wanderlust Community

This past Friday night, our CEO and Founder, Melbourne Moran Jr., LICSW, was featured on WMUR-TV during Adam Sexton WMUR's segment on kratom use in New Hampshire. Following an expert interview with Dr. Cornel Stanciu, Melbourne was invited to share his insights as both a treating healthcare provider and a Nashua Alderman At Large.

Melbourne spoke about the legislation he introduced earlier this year in Nashua aimed at increasing public safety and awareness around kratom—an example of how he blends clinical expertise, real-world experience, and policy advocacy to support healthier communities.

At Wanderlust Therapeutic Services, we are proud to be led by someone whose vision extends far beyond the therapy room. Melbourne’s approach to mental health and addiction counseling is rooted in evidence-based care, but strengthened by his belief that meaningful change also requires advocacy, practical policy development, and at times, political action.

This unique perspective has helped position him as a national leader in social science, behavioral health, and social services.

As Wanderlust continues to expand into carefully chosen communities across the country, Melbourne brings with him a “wanderer’s approach”—offering high-quality, personalized care with the heart of a local, mom-and-pop practice.

We are honored to see his work recognized and grateful for the opportunity to contribute to important conversations shaping the future of mental health and addiction treatment.

Congratulations, Melbourne.
Your leadership guides our mission and inspires us every day.

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