About Melanie
Melanie Kennedy is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who offers support to people facing stress, anxiety and LGBT-related concerns. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues. Melanie writes in a straightforward way and aims to meet people where they are.
She has eight years of professional experience and holds BACP accreditation. Melanie focuses on listening first and then shaping sessions around each person's needs. Her approach is to work alongside clients rather than prescribe one fixed method.
Background and approach
In practical terms she draws on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help with negative thoughts and avoidance patterns. Attachment-based ideas and emotion-focused work inform how she looks at close relationships and long-term patterns.
Melanie supports people dealing with a wide range of difficulties including depression, grief, addiction, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD and coping with life changes. She also pays attention to issues such as body image, caregiving stress, chronic illness and the particular pressures some LGBT people face. Her sessions aim to build clearer thinking and more useful habits.
She can help people break old patterns and try small, manageable changes. The overall focus is on practical steps that fit into everyday life and on helping clients reach goals they set for themselves.
What Melanie works with
Everything Melanie lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Melanie is listed here; the rest shows what else Melanie works with.
- 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
Approaches Melanie lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to clarify what matters most and take small actions toward those values, even when emotions are difficult. It can help with anxiety, stress and life changes by focusing on practical steps rather than getting stuck in thoughts. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and test them against real-life evidence to reduce worry and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and can be useful for intimacy and relationship concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melanie will talk with each person about goals and preferences and will suggest options based on what seems most useful. That decision is collaborative and can change as you make progress or as needs shift.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow quicker check-ins between appointments. It also lets people try different ways of working remotely while still using the same therapeutic tools and relational focus you would expect in face-to-face counselling.
Questions people ask about Melanie
What kinds of problems does Melanie help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and grief as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues. Additional focuses include addictions, ADHD, body image and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She listens first and tailors the work to each person. Melanie integrates practical techniques with reflective, relationship-focused work.
How much experience does she have?
Melanie has eight years of professional experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns. That experience informs how she shapes sessions to individual needs.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds BACP accreditation and practises in the United Kingdom. The BACP credential is shown as provided in her profile.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients as stated in her profile. All sessions are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Exact fees depend on the subscription tier selected.
How do I begin working with Melanie?
Use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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