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LPCC, LPC

Melissa Pickett, LPCC, LPC

  • Experience9 years
  • LocationKentucky
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Melissa

Melissa Pickett is a licensed counselor with nine years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, addictions, relationship challenges, and mood disorders.

Background and approach

Holding LPCC and LPC credentials, she brings an integrative approach that blends evidence-based practices to support clients through depression, ADHD, grief, and complex concerns such as dissociation, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and personality-related patterns. Her background includes work with a range of clinical issues and a focus on strengthening relational and emotional functioning.

Her style centers on listening closely and creating a collaborative therapeutic relationship that emphasizes practical skills and self-understanding. Melissa draws from cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance-based strategies, dialectical behavior therapy, and relational methods to tailor care to each person’s needs.

She also brings attention to attachment, self-worth, intimacy, and life transitions, aiming to help clients build healthier coping, clearer priorities, and greater emotional balance. Melissa practices from Kentucky and offers services for English-speaking clients, including those outside the United States.

Applying proven therapies in an online setting

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify values and take committed action while learning to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, making it practical for mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness to reduce intense emotional reactions and improve relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Melissa will work with each person to explore goals, try techniques, and adjust methods as needed so treatment aligns with preferences and progress. This process allows the therapist and client to combine elements from different models to address symptoms, relational issues, and daily functioning.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules or different time zones. These options support consistent access to licensed professionals and allow practical skill-building, check-ins, and therapeutic continuity when in-person visits are not possible.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Melissa work with?
She addresses a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family struggles, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, anger, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What is Melissa's therapeutic approach and style?
Her work is collaborative and skill-oriented, combining Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered care, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Gottman Method principles to match techniques to client needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Melissa has nine years of experience working in the mental health field, during which she has treated mood disorders, trauma, grief, addiction, and related complex presentations.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials with license numbers KY LPCC 267148 and VA LPC 0701013487, and practices from Kentucky.
Does she work with people who live outside the United States?
Melissa accepts international clients and provides services in English for those located outside the U.S.
In which session formats can clients meet with her?
Sessions are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy with Melissa?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseSelf esteemDepressionADHD

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageCo-morbidityDissociationGuilt and shameHoardingJealousyMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

9+ years

Licensed

Kentucky, Virginia

Languages

English

What Melissa can help with

Melissa Pickett works with clients on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, depression, and ADHD.

Melissa has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults.

Melissa has treated anxiety, depression, severe mental illness, grief, trauma, and addiction.

How Melissa approaches therapy

Melissa's clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Melissa is certified in DBT and uses MI, CBT, SFT, and talk therapy.

Experience and training

Melissa is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor practicing in Kentucky, with 9 years of clinical experience.