About Melanie
Melanie Duffin is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief and self-esteem concerns. She offers a calm presence and practical support for those facing trauma, family conflict or struggles with motivation and confidence. Melanie aims to make the first step into therapy feel straightforward and manageable for people who are worried or unsure.
She trained in counselling and psychotherapy and holds BACP accreditation, which she uses to guide her practice.
Background and approach
Melanie adapts sessions to each person's needs and talks things through at a pace that feels comfortable. Sessions are conversational and centred on what matters most to the client. Her approach draws on evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioural techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small, practical changes.
Attachment-based ideas and client-centred listening also inform how she builds trust and explores relationships and past experiences. Melanie has around 10 years of experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns. She works with issues including abandonment, attachment difficulties, chronic illness and caregiver stress, body image and communication problems.
The aim is to reduce overwhelming feelings and help clients move toward clearer choices. Sessions can be delivered online by video, phone, live chat or messaging. Melanie will work alongside each person to create manageable goals and steady progress, rather than quick fixes.
The emphasis is on realistic steps that fit everyday life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Melanie commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting pushed around by them, and supports taking small steps toward valued goals even when feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or low mood.She also uses client-centred listening to make sure sessions follow the client's concerns and pace, focusing on empathy and clear communication. Choosing the right approach is a shared process; Melanie will discuss options, try methods collaboratively and adapt what’s working based on the person's goals and feedback.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, while live chat or messaging can support regular check-ins or shorter reflections between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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