Melisha Pillay

Melisha Pillay is a BACP counsellor who draws on her own recovery journey to support people through hard times. She frames sessions as a respectful, compassionate space where clients can start from the inside and talk about things they may not feel able to share elsewhere. Her style is warm and honest, with an emphasis on helping people regain confidence and a sense of freedom in their lives.

Melisha uses creativity in sessions to help thoughts and feelings shift more quickly. She believes parts of the mind work outside deliberate thought, and uses simple interventions to tap into that. She also works with each person’s values and beliefs, using them as a starting point for change so progress fits who they are.

Empathy, honesty and trust are central to how she works. Those values shape how she listens and how she helps people make sense of difficult experiences. She also offers counselling that respects Christian faith and other religious beliefs when that is important to the client.

Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, anger, grief and parenting challenges. She also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, body image concerns and career changes.

With four years of clinical experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, she brings practical tools alongside empathic listening. People who want a collaborative, values-led approach often find this style useful.

How counselling approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to clarify what matters to them and to take small steps toward those values. It helps with anxiety, low mood and feeling stuck by focusing on meaningful action rather than trying to eliminate every difficult thought. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses straightforward practical exercises to shift patterns that maintain distress. It often helps with anxiety, depression and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships influence current ways of relating and can be useful for people dealing with intimacy, trust and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to try methods that fit their goals, beliefs and pace. That might mean using creative interventions, values work or practical CBT tasks depending on what the client needs and wants.

The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing sessions to slot into a break or after work. It can also let people use quieter surroundings, phone calls or shorter check-ins when those suit their day. Registered professionals and therapists will help tailor sessions so they work practically for each person.