- Calm practical guidance
- Focus on coping skills
- 14 years experience
About Melissa
Melissa Thompson is a PACFA-credentialed counsellor with 14 years of practice in Australia. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, grief or low self-esteem. Her work is grounded in calm, straightforward conversations that aim to make change feel manageable.
Melissa creates an approachable space where people can talk about difficult memories and current worries. She listens without judgement and helps each person set small, practical steps toward better coping. Sessions often focus on what feels most urgent to the client, such as sleep problems, motivation, or relationship concerns.
Her experience includes supporting people with trauma and abuse, addictions, and life transitions like separation or career change. Melissa also works with issues around attachment, abandonment and codependency, and with people navigating identity and intimacy questions.
She uses a mix of clear, skills-based methods and gentle reflective work. That can mean learning new ways to manage strong emotions, testing out different responses in relationships, or building routines that support mood and sleep. The aim is practical change, not jargon.
Melissa encourages a collaborative approach to therapy. She helps people set realistic goals and notices progress along the way. If you want steady, experience-based support for stress, grief or codependency-related patterns, she can help you take the next step.
How Melissa uses therapy approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviours to reduce symptoms like low mood, sleep disruption or anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect present connections and can help with intimacy, abandonment and codependency concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Melissa collaborates with each person to try methods that match their goals and preferences, adjusting as needed. That means discussing what feels most useful and pacing the work to fit each person's readiness.
Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by saving travel time or allowing shorter check-ins between commitments. They can also suit people who prefer working without video or who need more flexible scheduling. Melissa will discuss the practical arrangements and help find an approach that fits your day-to-day needs.
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Experience
14+ years
Credentials
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Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Melissa help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger, career concerns, depression, ADHD and codependency among other areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and practical, mixing skills training with reflective conversation. Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on what the client needs right now.
What experience does she bring?
Melissa has 14 years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns including trauma, addiction and life transitions.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds a PACFA credential and practices in Australia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule 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.