Hi, I'm Melissa.

I'm Melissa Legge, MSW, RSW — a Registered Social Worker, EMDR Trained therapist, and Gottman Method Level 1 practitioner based in Calgary. I started Open Book Therapies because I believe therapy should feel like a real conversation — not a performance.

I work with adults and couples navigating anxiety, ADHD, trauma, people pleasing, and relationship struggles. My approach is warm, direct, and grounded in evidence-based practice — with room to understand yourself and build skills that actually stick.

I draw on EMDR for trauma processing, Gottman Method principles for couples work, and a nervous system-informed lens throughout. Humour has a place here too — because sometimes the most healing thing is recognising how human we all are.