Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
How Melissa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Alabama
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Melissa
Melissa Killough is a licensed professional counselor in Alabama with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with addiction, anger, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She approaches each person as the expert on their own life and offers steady support while they make changes.
Her sessions start with getting a clear sense of what matters most to the client. She listens for strengths and priorities, then helps set small, practical goals.
Background and approach
That can mean working on coping skills for stress, making a plan to manage anger, or exploring motivations around substance use. Melissa uses straightforward techniques drawn from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral methods. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors in everyday situations.
Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when people want to strengthen their own motivation to change. Therapy with her often includes short-term focused work as well as longer exploration when needed. Sessions may include problem-solving, role practice, and planning steps to handle triggers and setbacks.
She aims to make each session useful and understandable. People who choose her can expect practical guidance, respectful listening, and help breaking bigger problems into do-able steps. She offers care for issues like parenting strain, grief, career stress, relationship concerns, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem struggles.
What Melissa works with
Everything Melissa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Melissa's practice.
- Addictions
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
Approaches Melissa lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Melissa combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people make clear, practical changes. Client-centered therapy means she listens closely and follows the person's goals, offering support while the person decides what to try next. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and tests new behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage anger, or change patterns tied to addictions.She also uses motivational interviewing to strengthen a person's own reasons for change. That approach focuses on listening, reflecting ambivalence, and helping someone move from uncertain to committed. Melissa treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process and adjusts methods to match a person's needs, goals, and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more accessible. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or brief planning between sessions. These options support flexibility so therapy can fit work, family routines, or busy days rather than requiring large schedule changes.
Questions people ask about Melissa
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with people on addictions, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting stress, relationship and family issues, self-esteem, career concerns, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and direct. She centers the persons goals, uses practical coping strategies, and helps build motivation for change.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of professional work experience in counseling and behavioral health.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is an LPC, licensed in Alabama and practicing under that credential.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapists availability.