Mellissa Hamley
Compassionate, adaptable counselling for everyday struggles
About Mellissa
Mellissa Hamley offers calm, practical support for people who feel anxious, low or out of step with their life. She greets clients without judgement and helps them work out what feels wrong. Sessions are collaborative and paced to suit each person.
She uses a mix of talking therapies and practical techniques rather than a single fixed method. Early sessions focus on understanding the immediate problem and on stabilising day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
As trust grows, deeper patterns and past experiences can be explored at a pace the client chooses. Mellissa describes herself as an integrative counsellor who adapts her approach to each person. She listens carefully and aims to see things from the client's point of view.
The emphasis is on helping people discover their own solutions rather than being told what to do. Her work covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and self‑esteem. She also supports people facing career dilemmas, panic or phobias, and those coping with major life changes.
With five years of experience and the NCPS credential, Mellissa combines short-term practical strategies with opportunities to look at deeper patterns. Sessions can include coaching elements when clients want focused, goal-orientated work.
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Sessions & fees
How Mellissa's approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist offers a respectful, non-judgemental space and helps the client explore what matters most to them. This approach suits people wanting to be heard and to build their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, uses practical exercises and simple experiments to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. It is useful for anxiety, panic, phobias and low mood because it gives clear tools to try between sessions. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mellissa will discuss options with the client and choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She adapts the mix over time so sessions remain useful and relevant. Online therapy via video, phone, live chat or text messaging offers flexibility. Video calls let people read visual cues and work much like in-person sessions. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a lunch break. Live chat or text messaging suit short check-ins, brief coaching or when typing feels more comfortable. Many people find online formats make it easier to keep continuity and manage practical life demands while doing therapy. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists like Mellissa, can use these formats to deliver structured, collaborative treatment and practical strategies.| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
