Melisha Pillay, BACP

Melisha Pillay is a counsellor with four years of practice who draws on her own experience of recovery to help others find steadiness. She holds BACP accreditation, and she frames sessions around honesty, empathy and trust. Melisha aims to create a calm space where people can begin to speak about things they have kept to themselves.

She uses creative interventions alongside talking to help people move from where they are to where they want to be. Those techniques can bring issues into view more quickly than talking alone, and they are used with the client's own beliefs and values in mind. Melisha also offers Christian counselling and works within clients' existing religious or value systems when that is important to them.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people facing addiction, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain and career challenges. Additional focuses include ADHD, attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress.

In sessions she aims to help people build confidence and a clearer sense of self. Conversations move at the client's pace and are paced around what feels manageable. Melisha encourages practical steps and compassionate reflection so people can notice change in daily life.

People who value a warm, faith-aware approach and practical techniques may find her style helpful. She seeks to listen first, then tailor the approach to suit each person's needs and beliefs.

Therapeutic approaches and online counselling options

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and then choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape patterns in current relationships and helps people build healthier ways of connecting. Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor offering empathy and non-judgemental listening to support self-directed change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melisha will talk with the client about goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as the work progresses to reflect what is most helpful.

The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can help fit therapy into busy days by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins and making it easier to attend from different locations. It also lets people keep continuity of care when life circumstances change. Registered or accredited professionals typically adapt methods used in person to work well online, and Melisha can discuss practical arrangements and what will suit each person best.