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Melisha Pillay, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - stress and relationships
See online therapy options- CBT and ACT
- Attachment work
- Christian counselling
About Melisha
Melisha Pillay is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, depression and addictions. She also supports people dealing with grief, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain and career questions.
Her style is practical and direct. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based work. Sessions can include creative exercises as well as talking to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and try different responses.
Melisha draws on her own experience of recovery to make the work down-to-earth. She says her personal journey shaped why she offers counselling and how she relates to people who feel they have lost their voice. She also provides Christian counselling and can work within a client's own religious or value system when that is requested.
In sessions she focuses on clear steps and short exercises as well as exploring underlying beliefs. Clients can expect a mix of reflection and practical tasks aimed at manageable change. Her approach highlights trust, honesty and empathy in the counselling relationship.
She sees people for a range of concerns including ADHD, compassion fatigue, bipolar difficulties, chronic illness and family-related stress. Sessions are offered in English and Melisha accepts international clients, so people outside the UK can enquire about working together.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Melisha commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new responses with small experiments. It can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep and unhelpful habits. ACT looks at values and committed action, helping people make choices that fit what matters to them while accepting difficult feelings.She also uses attachment-informed ideas to understand how early relationships shape current patterns. That can be useful for relationship difficulties, intimacy issues and patterns of avoidance or clinginess. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work and she will discuss options with each person. The therapist and client agree which methods to try based on needs, goals and preferences, and review progress together.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around family life, work breaks or caregiving duties. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited or sessions without video when bandwidth is low. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often adapt exercises and creative tasks so they work well in remote sessions.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and trauma and abuse concerns, plus issues such as depression, addiction, grief and parenting strain.
How does she work in sessions?
Her practice blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed techniques, using talking and creative exercises to try different ways of responding to thoughts and feelings.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of experience and describes a personal recovery that informs her approach to counselling.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm any regional details before booking.
How are payments and costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
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