Melanie Kennedy, BACP
Melanie Kennedy is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years of experience.
About Melanie
Melanie Kennedy is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years of experience. She works with people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low or stuck, and with those facing relationship and intimacy challenges. She aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people can speak honestly about what matters to them.
Her approach is individualised. Melanie listens first, then helps clients set practical goals that fit their life.
Background and approach
She draws on therapies that focus on thoughts, emotions and relationships to help people change unhelpful patterns and build new coping skills. Common concerns she supports include depression, grief, addictions, body image and issues linked to identity and sexuality. She also helps people with parenting strain, chronic illness or pain, work stress and major life transitions.
Trauma and abuse are within her scope of practice and she works carefully around those experiences. Melanie uses a mix of methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive techniques and attachment-focused work. She aims to make sessions straightforward and relevant, with tools people can use between appointments.
The style is warm and goal-focused, rather than overly clinical. Sessions are offered in English and are available to people inside and outside the UK. She works with clients via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
Melanie is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 374366 | May 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melanie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Melanie names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and can help with intimacy, abandonment worries and communication problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Melanie will listen to your concerns, discuss options and try methods that match your goals and preferences. That planning happens together so you can see whether a way of working feels helpful, and adaptations are made as needed.
Online sessions offer different ways to connect. Video calls are good for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can work for a shorter check-in. Live chat or text-based messaging is useful for quick reflections, follow-up between sessions or when typing feels easier. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible around work, family life and other commitments.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Melanie commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship and intimacy issues. Additional areas include grief, addictions, body image and parenting strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and practical. She listens, helps set realistic goals and uses techniques you can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience working with a range of mental health and life issues.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from outside the UK.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet her by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging depending on which suits them best.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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