Melissa Pickett, LPCC, LPC

Melissa Pickett is a licensed professional counselor clinician with nine years of experience in mental health care. She practices in Kentucky and supports people working through anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship strain, and addictions. Melissa focuses on helping clients feel heard and begin change from that starting point.

Her work is practical and down-to-earth. She uses short, clear interventions and guided conversation to help people manage stress, reduce overwhelm, and rebuild routines. Sessions often include tools for handling strong emotions and steps to try between meetings.

Melissa draws on several approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and accept difficult feelings while taking action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice new responses. She also incorporates Client-Centered methods to prioritize listening and the client’s agenda.

She has experience helping with obsessive-compulsive behaviors and has treated trauma, severe mental health concerns, and addiction-related problems. Melissa has also worked with couples and families to strengthen communication and problem solving. Her goal is to help people move toward more stable, calm, and manageable daily life.

Melissa asks people to start with a brief questionnaire that matches them to a therapist and then schedule based on availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Melissa’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where direction and motivation feel unclear.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is practical work for anxiety, OCD-related patterns, mood concerns, and building new routines.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s needs and priorities. The therapist listens deeply and follows the client’s pace, which can help when trust needs to build slowly.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Melissa will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She often blends techniques so sessions match what is useful in the moment.

If you plan to try online therapy, confirm the supported session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow a short check-in between responsibilities, or choose audio-only when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT tools for video or phone conversations so progress continues even when sessions are remote.