- Compassionate presence
- Creative interventions
- Values-based care
About Melisha
Melisha Pillay is a counsellor who draws on her own journey of recovery to help people reconnect with themselves. She has four years of practice and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her approach aims to help people find calmer, clearer ways of living when life feels noisy or overwhelming.
She offers a warm, steady presence in sessions. Melisha uses creative interventions alongside conversation so clients can access different parts of their thinking and feeling. She names empathy, honesty and trust as the core values that shape her work.
Melisha supports people facing stress, anxiety and depression as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also works with grief, addiction, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strains and career concerns. Additional areas she focuses on include attachment and abandonment, neurodiversity, chronic illness, caregiver stress and body image worries.
Her clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). These tools are used to help people build clearer goals, stronger emotional awareness and better day-to-day coping skills.
Melisha offers Christian counselling and is willing to work within a client’s own faith or belief system if that is important to the person. She accepts clients in English and can work with people internationally. To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability.
How Melisha’s approaches map to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small committed steps towards those values. It often uses simple exercises to shift how someone relates to difficult thoughts or sensations, which can help with anxiety, sleep and motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape emotional responses today and helps people build safer ways of connecting and regulating strong feelings. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises a non-judgemental, listening stance where the counsellor reflects and supports the person’s own pace and insights.Finding the right approach is usually a shared process. Melisha will work collaboratively to see which methods fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That might mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting as progress is tracked.
The therapist biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to maintain continuity across locations for international clients. Registered or accredited professionals adapt activities like ACT exercises, attachment work and client-centred conversations to suit video or phone sessions, depending on the agreed format.
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Experience
4+ years
Credentials
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Melisha help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties, and also addresses sleep problems, grief, addictions and career or parenting concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and person-centred, using creative interventions and practical exercises alongside talk. The aim is to help people move from feeling stuck to clearer action.
How much experience does she have?
Melisha has four years of counselling experience working with a range of concerns and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international work are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.