Melissa Pickett
Collaborative therapy for relationships and mood
LPCC, LPC Kentucky
- Experience
- 9 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Melissa
Melissa Pickett, LPCC, LPC, brings nine years of experience in mental health to her work. She focuses on helping people when worry, mood struggles, trauma, or relationship trouble get in the way of daily life.
Background and approach
Melissa speaks plainly and listens closely to understand each person's priorities and concerns. Her practice emphasizes practical skills and steady support.
She uses approaches such as the Gottman Method for relationship work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to build meaningful values-based action, and cognitive strategies to change unhelpful thinking patterns. Melissa also draws on client-centered and dialectical behavior therapy ideas to tailor sessions to each person.
Clients see Melissa for a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues. She also helps people dealing with parenting strain, career transitions, anger, and complicated loss.
Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment wounds, body image, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and postpartum depression. Sessions typically combine practical exercises with time to talk through feelings and relationships.
Melissa aims to help people build coping skills, strengthen important bonds, and increase day-to-day stability. She works with adults and adolescents and accepts international clients who can work in English.
If someone is ready to start, Melissa asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session. Treatment is offered through a flexible subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How Melissa uses different approaches online
Melissa uses the Gottman Method to help people improve communication and reduce repeating negative patterns in relationships; it focuses on practical tools for listening, managing conflict, and rebuilding connection. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps clients clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while learning to sit with difficult thoughts and feelings. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental listening stance that helps people feel understood before making changes.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try strategies, adjust as needed, and focus on what improves day-to-day functioning and relationships.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for more in-depth work and relational exercises, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or text can support quick skill practice or brief check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different life rhythms.
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Experience
9+ years
Licensed in
Kentucky, Virginia
Languages
English