Welcome to Melina Therapy Counselling Services

Welcome to Melina Therapy, bespoke counselling therapy and wellness coaching, tailored to meet your emotional and personal needs. If you are looking for a counsellor/therapist, I am Melina, a BACP accredited counsellor with thirty years' experience as a therapist. I am English Italian, living in the UK, providing professional online therapy to clients here, internationally and across the globe. 

I am an integrative therapist, enabling me to support clients with many mental health problems including, anxiety, depression, loss, grief, low self-esteem to more sensitive, self-discovery and complex trauma.

My practice is trauma informed, as it is important that you feel safe with me and safe in the therapeutic space. I specialise in working with trauma and the impact of sexual abuse, harassment, violence and rape. My expertise is in addictions, childhood and growing-up issues, displacement, identity and relationships. 

In addition, I am a wellness coach bringing a holistic approach to your psychological and physiological health. My expertise is in combating anxiety, stress and burn-out, to find peace and calm through a journey of self discovery, healing and self-empowerment. My focus is to provide the most effective therapy for you.

At any time in our lives, we may all face personal difficulties, whether loss, trauma, health or something  from our past. I understand that therapy may seem daunting, however, we can all benefit from additional support and talking to someone who is professionally trained and impartial can really help.
 

By definition I would describe counselling as the process of healing, to make or become sound again - a safe space, where you can explore your feelings, be listened to and heard without fear of judgment. You can just be you! 

In therapy we often look at our past, the aim is not to blame, but to explore and with compassion we can understand, change our meaning, our narrative and our sense of ourselves and our story. So, we can let go, be at peace and find ways forward.

We can also focus on the present and explore ways that will support and enhance our day-to-day experiences, to feel happier and more content - whether about ourself, our relationships or the world around us.

The way that I work is integrative, drawn from evidence-based therapies and grounded in neuroscience, combining coaching and holistic therapies to create unique, compassionate and effective psychological support.  

These include:

• person centred therapy
• trauma recovery interventions
• cognitive behavioural therapy
• mindfulness
• neuro linguistic programming
• meditation & breathwork
• solution focused therapy
• creative therapy

From my own experiences and growing up I am culturally sensitive and my practice is inclusive and welcoming to each client, as unique and wonderful as you are. As a therapist it is a privilege to get to know the person that you will become or was always meant to be.