About Melissa
Melissa Pickett is a licensed professional counselor clinically experienced over nine years. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship strain, grief, and other challenges. Melissa brings a calm, direct style that helps people feel heard and understood early in care.
She explains problems in plain language and sets clear steps for change. Sessions focus on practical tools and short-term goals alongside deeper work when needed. Melissa blends talk therapy with skill-building so people can manage strong emotions and day-to-day demands.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with trauma, addiction, mood disorders, and obsessive-compulsive concerns. She has supported people through postpartum depression, dissociation, and complex grief, and helps with issues such as abandonment, attachment wounds, and body image. Melissa uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s situation.
Therapy sessions typically involve learning new coping skills, practicing different ways to respond to stress, and talking through relationship patterns. For people managing ADHD, sessions often include organizing strategies, attention supports, and ways to reduce overwhelm. Melissa aims to make sessions practical and easy to put into daily life.
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices from Kentucky. Sessions are offered in English and Melissa works with international clients by delivering care across state lines when permitted. The focus is on steady, manageable progress and clear next steps.
How Melissa’s approaches fit into online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and then take actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and managing life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. It often includes homework and practical skill practice between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a trusting, nonjudgmental relationship so clients can find their own solutions and increase self-understanding.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will discuss goals and preferences with each person and may combine methods to suit their needs. Together they decide which strategies to try, check progress regularly, and adjust the plan as work proceeds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, and family commitments. Short check-ins by message can reinforce learning between longer video sessions. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited, while text or chat can suit quick updates or a gentle way to start. These options aim to make ongoing care flexible and accessible for different lifestyles.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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