- Creative interventions
- Values based work
- Faith inclusive
About Melisha
Melisha Pillay is a counsellor who combines personal experience with four years of professional practice. She holds BACP accreditation, and she aims to create a steady, respectful space where people can start again. Her approach is warm and straightforward, with an emphasis on rebuilding voice and confidence.
Melisha often uses creative techniques alongside talking. She believes creativity helps the mind reach solutions more quickly than talking alone. She also works with a person’s existing beliefs and values to help them move forward in ways that feel authentic.
Her sessions are guided by empathy, honesty and trust. Those values shape how she listens and responds, and they are central to the therapeutic space she builds. She offers Christian counselling and can work within a client’s own faith or belief system when requested.
Melisha supports people facing many concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and relationship issues. She also helps with codependency, grief, addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD and career matters among other areas.
She aims to help people find practical change and renewed confidence. Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. To begin, a simple matching process connects someone with suitable scheduling options.
How Melisha's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice painful thoughts without being ruled by them and to focus on actions that match their values. It often helps with anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people change those patterns to feel safer in relationships. Client-Centred Therapy prioritises the person's own perspective, with the counsellor following and reflecting what matters most to the client.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melisha will discuss goals and preferences and try different ways of working to see what fits best. That means sessions are collaborative and adjusted to what the person needs over time.
If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into busy days, shorten travel time and allow for flexible scheduling. It can also let people choose whether to use video or another supported option when available, which can help with quieter check-ins or shorter sessions during a break at work.
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Experience
4+ years
Credentials
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Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Melisha help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and relationship concerns. Additional areas include codependency, grief, addictions, sleep and eating issues, ADHD and career challenges.
What is her style of therapy like?
Her style is warm and practical, using creative interventions alongside conversation. She draws on people’s existing beliefs to guide change and focuses on rebuilding confidence and voice.
What experience does she have?
She has four years of counselling experience and describes a personal journey that informs her work. That background shapes how she supports people through change.
What credentials and region does she work from?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, noted as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients as part of her practice.
How are fees and sessions arranged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Specific fees are provided during the matching and scheduling steps.
How do I start working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.