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Melakee Nicholson, LPC

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Melakee

Melakee Nicholson is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas who blends relational and evidence-based approaches to help people navigate stress, loss, and transitions. She draws on Internal Family Systems alongside cognitive and acceptance-based methods to support clients grappling with anxiety, depression, trauma, and complex life changes.

Background and approach

Nicholson’s training in marriage and family therapy and professional counseling informs a collaborative, strengths-focused practice that centers each person’s experience rather than labeling them by their struggles.

With a decade of clinical work, she brings experience addressing a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting and blended family dynamics, eating and body image concerns, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and caregiver stress. Her background also includes attention to adoption and foster care, attachment issues, chronic illness and pain, and compassion fatigue.

Nicholson aims to equip clients with practical tools and insight while offering steady support and encouragement as they pursue their goals. Clients can expect a therapist who values clear communication and shared decision-making, using training in CBT, ACT, attachment-based frameworks, and client-centered practice to tailor treatment.

Her academic training includes master’s degrees in professional counseling and in human services - marriage and family therapy, plus a bachelor’s degree in environmental policy and biology.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Melakee Nicholson uses Internal Family Systems to explore the different parts of a person’s inner world, helping clients learn to relate to those parts with curiosity rather than judgment; this can be useful for addressing trauma responses, self-criticism, and persistent patterns. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and building willingness to experience difficult thoughts and feelings while taking meaningful action. Additionally, attachment-based work is used to examine relational patterns and safety in connections, which can help with intimacy, communication, and relationship-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with each client to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust strategies over time so the work feels relevant and doable. Clients are invited to offer feedback and to shape the direction of their care rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which support scheduling flexibility and make it easier to maintain consistency during busy or transitional periods. These formats allow licensed professionals to use structured exercises, reflective conversation, and in-session skill practice while accommodating different comfort levels and communication styles.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
Her practice covers stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related problems, eating and body image, parenting and blended family challenges, ADHD, bipolar, career concerns, and caregiver stress among other areas.
What therapeutic approach does she use?
She integrates Internal Family Systems with cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment strategies, attachment-based work, and client-centered principles to tailor sessions to each person’s needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 10 years of experience providing counseling and brings a background in marriage and family therapy as well as professional counseling to her work.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LPC credential with license TX LPC 76855 and practices from Texas.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to her 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

Texas

Languages

English