Melissa Thompson

Melissa Thompson is a PACFA counsellor with 14 years of clinical experience in Australia. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss or low self‑esteem. Her approach is down‑to‑earth and direct, aimed at helping people take small, practical steps toward feeling better.

She focuses on creating an open, non‑judgemental space so thoughts and feelings can be spoken about honestly. Sessions aim to build motivation, confidence and clearer choices. Melissa encourages clients to set simple goals and try small changes between meetings.

Melissa uses a mix of therapies to suit different needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to shift unhelpful thinking and to build workable habits. Attachment‑based ideas and client‑centred listening guide how she responds to relationship and intimacy concerns.

Common issues she supports include trauma and abuse, grief, anger, addictions, sleep problems, ADHD and relationship stress. She also works with career concerns, coping with life changes and forgiveness work. Melissa pays attention to how past attachment and abandonment experiences can affect current behaviour.

Her sessions are practical and collaborative. She helps people weigh options, try new ways of reacting, and reflect on what works. The focus is on steady progress rather than overnight fixes.

How Melissa's approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without fighting them and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behaviour changes to improve mood and sleep. It tends to suit worries, depression and sleep problems. Attachment‑based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and helps people change patterns in relationships and intimacy issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melissa treats approach selection as a shared process and will help figure out what fits each person’s needs, goals and preferences. Sessions can combine methods so the work matches practical goals and how someone prefers to go about change.

The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week, shorter check‑ins when needed, and the option to avoid travel for appointments. Because session formats are not specified here, confirm current session options before booking to know how meetings are scheduled. The aim is to make it simpler to work on anger, grief, sleep or anxiety without adding logistical strain.