Melina Therapy Counselling & Wellbeing

Welcome, I am Melina and I am an international therapist providing online counselling and wellness coaching, to individuals, couples and groups. I have thirty years' experience as a therapist and I can support you with your unresolved issues, to heal and discover positive mental health and wellbeing. Whether you are suffering with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, low self-esteem, trauma and PTSD, I am here to help.

I am a trauma specialist counsellor and my practice is trauma informed, so you can feel safe with me and in the therapeutic space. As each person processes trauma differently, clients often seek my specialist support to process their feelings and heal from trauma safely. I specialise in sexual abuse, sexual violence and other traumatic experiences.  

If you are struggling with addiction, I have expertise in drugs, alcohol and other addictions such as sex and online addictions.

For couples and intimate partners seeking relationship support, I provide emotional focused therapy to help resolve emotional issues and strengthen bonds.

I am English-Italian, living in the UK and I work mainly remotely online, from the UK and with clients across the globe. I am passionate about reaching out to clients in different countries and cultures. Experienced in supporting expats, remote and nomadic workers. I am culturally sensitive and naturally drawn to those who have been marginalised or targeted in some way. Often clients come to me lacking a sense of belonging, identity issues or going through a difficult transition.

At any time in our lives, we can face personal challenges, whether you are going through a difficult life transition or struggling with unresolved issues from your past.

Talking to someone who is professionally trained and impartial can really help. By definition I would describe therapy as the process of healing, to make or become sound again. I understand that therapy can seem daunting, however, starting the process is to open-up and heal. 

In our therapy sessions we may explore the past, the aim is not to self-blame, rather to explore with compassion, so we can understand, change our narrative and our sense of ourselves and our story. And within this safe space where we can be vulnerable, curious, explorative and celebrative. Melina therapy is providing all of these and anything in-between. 

We can discover presence by engaging in mindful practises, breathwork and meditation - to combat anxiety, stress, aid sleep and relaxation. 

Also, prioritising health and wellness, by setting goals and developing healthy habits and routines that align with your values and future aspirations. 

My focus is to provide the most effective therapy for you and my purpose is to be adaptive to each individual, not prescriptive to follow methodology because it has worked with others - to recognise the uniqueness of you.

My approach is integrative and drawn from a unique blend of evidence-based therapies, grounded in neuroscience, with coaching, mindfulness and holistic interventions. Creating effective individualised psychological care and wellness for you. With helpful tools that you can take-away and sustain independently and after therapy.  

My modalities include;

• Person Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Emotional Focused Therapy
• Mindfulness
• Neuro Linguistic Programming
• Self-Regulation for Resilience
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Creative Therapy
• Trauma Recovery Yoga

In 2024 I trained with a visionary Afghanistan based charity (the first UK participant), delivering trauma recovery yoga to women, children and refugees in conflict war zones. This deepened my understanding of how mind-body practices such as gentle movement, breathwork and meditation can calm the mind and safely release stored tension and trauma, bringing you safely back to your mind and body again. Beautifully complimenting the work I have been doing for decades. I provide trauma recovery yoga classes independently or elements such as breathwork and meditation can be incorporated into your therapy sessions.