About Melanie
Melanie McGee is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety and trauma. She supports individuals dealing with low self-esteem, depression, anger and addictions. Melanie also provides guidance around grief, eating and body image concerns, and ADHD-related challenges.
She works from the belief that each person knows their own story best. Melanie treats clients as partners and helps them use their strengths to move forward. She encourages small, steady steps and offers practical tools alongside attentive listening.
Background and approach
Melanie has six years of experience working with people on mental health and life-change issues. Her background includes supporting people through panic, phobias, obsessive thoughts, post-traumatic stress and the emotional aftermath of abuse. She also addresses issues such as guilt, shame and forgiveness.
Sessions focus on clear goals and techniques that fit the individual. Conversations can cover coping skills, thought patterns, emotional regulation and problem-solving for daily life. Melanie aims to make sessions straightforward and manageable for someone feeling overwhelmed.
She works with LGBT concerns, bipolar mood challenges and compassion fatigue, helping clients find balance and self-care routines. Melanie accepts international clients and offers sessions in English using a range of online formats.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Many of Melanie's sessions use evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thinking and building coping skills. One common approach helps people identify and reframe negative thoughts, which can reduce anxious feelings and improve mood. Another approach teaches practical strategies for managing panic, compulsive behaviours and strong emotional reactions, such as step-by-step skills and repeated practice.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melanie will discuss different techniques and decide together which fits the client's needs, goals and personal style. This is a collaborative process and methods may be adjusted over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different preferences. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while still receiving consistent support from a registered or accredited professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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