Melanie Cotterill
Practical, warm counselling for stressful times
About Melanie
Melanie Cotterill is a therapeutic counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She also helps with grief, parenting strains, trauma and abuse, ADHD concerns and worries about intimacy. Melanie aims to create a calm, respectful space where people feel heard and able to begin change.
She describes her style as down to earth and warm. She listens closely and reflects what she hears in plain language.
Background and approach
Melanie works collaboratively with people who have goals they want to reach and checks in about progress as therapy continues. Her approach draws on client-centred ways of working that place the person's experience at the heart of sessions. She also uses solution-focused techniques to help people identify small, practical steps they can try between meetings.
That combination helps both with exploring feelings and with finding manageable changes to try. Melanie has four years of experience as a counsellor and holds NCPS, which is listed as her credential. She has worked with people affected by family problems, attachment issues, domestic violence, separation and other painful life events.
People who choose Melanie often want straightforward, practical support alongside a listening ear. She aims to help people build coping skills, increase self-compassion and move toward clearer next steps in their lives.
What Melanie works with
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Sessions & fees
How Melanie’s approaches work online
Melanie draws on client-centred therapy and solution-focused therapy to guide online work. Client-centred therapy focuses on understanding your perspective and building a trusting relationship so you can explore feelings at your own pace. Solution-focused therapy looks for practical changes and small steps to try between sessions, which can help with problem-solving and building momentum.Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be discussed together. Melanie will listen to your needs, goals and preferences and help choose techniques that feel most helpful. That way therapy becomes a shared project rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and daily life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
