About Melanie
Melanie Cotterill is a therapeutic counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She focuses on anxiety, stress and related worries, and aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk openly about what is affecting them. She uses a down-to-earth style and listens carefully to what people say.
Melanie is warm and non-judgemental, and she works with clients to set clear goals. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused so people can see small changes over time.
Background and approach
Melanie draws on client-centred ways of working to make people feel heard and valued. She also uses solution-focused techniques to identify practical steps and build on what already helps. Together these approaches are used to address problems such as low self-esteem, panic attacks, grief and relationship strain.
Her experience covers a broad range of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, parenting stresses, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Melanie pays attention to attachment and blended family issues, separation and midlife questions when they come up in conversation. Melanie holds NCPS as a credential, which is shown as NCPS in shorthand.
She has four years of experience as a counsellor and works with clients by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. International clients may be supported in English. People who want a practical, listening approach will find clear, short-term steps alongside deeper reflection.
Melanie aims to help people move from feeling stuck to having a plan they can use in everyday life.
How Melanie’s approaches work online
Melanie uses client-centred work which focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience. This approach helps when someone needs acceptance and a chance to make sense of their feelings, such as with anxiety, grief or low self-esteem. Solution-focused therapy is also part of her practice and looks at practical steps that make a difference quickly. It suits people who want doable actions to reduce panic symptoms, manage stress, or cope with life changes.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Melanie will talk with you about your goals and preferences and she will adapt the balance between listening and action as you go. This means therapy can shift if you need more reflection at one time and more problem-solving at another.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls work well for a fuller face-to-face feel. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving or people who find typing easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit counselling into work, family life or travel while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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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
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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