Melissa Pickett

Let's Work Together

You deserve a therapist who sees all of you, without translation.

I believe therapy should be a place where you can show up fully as yourself, without needing to explain, justify, or hide important parts of your identity.

If you have ever sat across from a therapist and felt yourself shrink, edit, or translate parts of who you are just to feel safe in the room, you already know how exhausting it can be to find affirming care. Maybe you have been pathologized for your relationship structure, dismissed when you brought up your identity, told your sensory needs were too much, or treated like a project to fix rather than a person to understand. You are not too much. There is nothing wrong with you.

My work is rooted in healing as an act of reclamation. I provide affirming, person-centered, body-affirming care for:

• LGBTQIA+ and Queer individuals
• Neurodivergent teens and adults (ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD)
• Couples and relationships of all structures, including open, polyamorous, and ethically non-monogamous relationships
• Kink-allied individuals
• Trauma survivors

The work itself is usually practical. Navigating jealousy or insecurity when a partner has another relationship. Building agreements that actually hold. Opening a relationship that has been closed, or closing one that was open. Talking about desire, boundaries, and consent without it turning into a fight. Untangling shame handed to you by people who never really knew you.

I also work at an intersection a lot of therapists miss, which is neurodivergence inside relationships. Different communication styles, sensory needs around intimacy, needing processing time when your partner needs resolution now. None of that means you're incompatible. It usually means nobody ever gave you a framework built for how you actually work.

You do not need to have it all figured out before we begin. We can start exactly where you are and move at your pace. Your lived experience guides our work.

My hope is to create a space where you feel safe enough to be fully yourself, supported enough to grow, and empowered enough to build a life that feels aligned with who you are. 💛

I offer virtual therapy across Michigan through Ideal Psychology Group, for individuals, couples, and relationships of any structure.