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Melakee Nicholson

Relationship-focused counselor offering steady support

LPC Texas

Experience
10 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English
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About Melakee

Melakee Nicholson is a licensed professional counselor who uses relationship-focused tools to help people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. She combines practical therapy methods with steady support so clients can work toward clearer next steps.

Background and approach

She brings ten years of clinical experience and two master’s degrees in counseling and marriage and family therapy. Melakee aims to make sessions straightforward.

Conversations focus on what’s happening now and what can change next week or next month. Her approach draws on the Gottman Method alongside acceptance and commitment and attachment-based techniques.

That means she helps people notice patterns in relationships, clarify values, and build healthier ways of connecting. Sessions often include clear skills practice and simple exercises to try between meetings.

Melakee also uses client-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas to tailor work to each person. She helps people manage mood, cope with trauma or loss, and address issues like parenting stress, eating concerns, or career strain.

She supports those experiencing burnout, compassion fatigue, or ADHD-related challenges. She practices in Texas and holds the LPC credential, with experience working across many life issues including adoption and foster care, chronic illness, attachment matters, and communication problems.

Melakee aims to be a steady partner in change, helping people find workable steps toward a more manageable life.

How relationship-focused therapy works online

Melakee draws on the Gottman Method to help people recognize interaction patterns and build better ways to communicate and connect. This approach focuses on practical exercises and clear steps to reduce conflict and improve closeness. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, is used to clarify values and help clients take meaningful actions even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Melakee will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they will try techniques, check what helps, and adjust the plan based on real progress and feedback.

Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversation and skill practice, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and travel commitments.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, eating concerns, parenting strain, career stress, bipolar, ADHD, and related areas such as abandonment and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style blends relationship-focused methods with acceptance and commitment and client-centered ideas. Sessions emphasize practical skills, noticing patterns, and setting goals clients can try between meetings.
What is her background and experience?
She has ten years of experience and holds two master’s degrees including an M.A. in Professional Counseling and an M.A. in Human Services-Marriage & Family Therapy.
Which credentials and region apply to this therapist?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHearing impairedHoardingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed in

Texas

Languages

English