Melisha Pillay, BACP

Melisha Pillay is a counsellor who draws on four years of professional experience to help people find steadiness and clearer direction. She works in the United Kingdom and meets people online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Melisha is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Melisha describes counselling as a place to start from the inside. She aims to offer a respectful, calm space where people can talk about things they struggle to share elsewhere. Her style values empathy, honesty and trust so people feel able to open up about what matters most to them. Her work uses practical approaches to help people move from where they are to where they want to be. She often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ideas alongside attachment-focused work. This includes creative interventions to help thoughts and feelings shift more quickly than through talk alone. Melisha helps with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief and self-esteem. She also supports people facing work pressures, career decisions, parenting strain, sleep and eating difficulties, and long-term health or caregiving challenges. Sessions are shaped around each person's values and goals. Melisha also offers Christian counselling and will work within a client's religious or belief system when requested. Her approach aims to build confidence, restore a sense of voice and help clients find more freedom in daily life.

Therapeutic approaches that work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to small actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect and uses practical steps to shift unhelpful patterns, often helping with low mood, anxiety and sleep or eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and can be helpful for intimacy-related issues and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and together decide which methods to use. Over time the plan can be adjusted as people notice what helps and what feels most useful.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is good for fuller conversations, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family life and other commitments while keeping the focus on the therapeutic work.