Melisha Pillay, BACP

Melisha Pillay is a counsellor who draws on her own recovery journey to help people find more confidence and a fuller sense of self. She holds BACP registration, and she brings four years of clinical experience to sessions. Melisha aims to create a respectful, empathetic space where people can begin again and speak about things they have not been able to share elsewhere.

Her style is gentle and creative. She uses creative interventions to help people move from where they are to where they want to be. Melisha also works with each person’s beliefs and values as part of the process, so change feels realistic and in keeping with what matters to them.

Melisha works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, sleep and eating issues, career and life transitions. Additional focus areas listed include aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, adoption and foster care, and ADHD among others.

Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred work, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. Sessions aim to be collaborative, practical and paced to the person’s needs.

Melisha offers faith-sensitive counselling and can support clients who want Christian counselling or work within their own religious and value systems. She works in English and accepts international clients, with session and payment details organised during the booking process.

How Melisha's approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful patterns and commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, low mood and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship experiences shape current patterns and can help with intimacy problems, trust and connection. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, offering empathy and non-judgemental listening to support self-understanding and change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Melisha will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. Together they shape a plan that may draw on one or more methods and adjust as progress is made.

The profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options when you book. Online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins between commitments, and offering alternatives when sitting on camera is difficult. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt interventions used in person to remote settings so the focus remains on practical steps and emotional insight rather than the medium itself.