Counsellor profile
Melanie Kennedy , BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - Anger and relationships
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 374366
- Experience8 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Values-based work
About Melanie
Melanie Kennedy is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with eight years of professional experience. She works with adults on everyday problems like stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. She also supports people with relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and with anger when it is getting in the way of daily life.
Melanie frames sessions as practical conversations. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and helps people notice the thoughts and feelings that drive their behaviour. Sessions use clear techniques alongside open discussion rather than jargon or long theory lectures.
Her approach draws on several well-known methods. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and building small changes that matter. Attachment-based ideas and Emotionally-Focused work inform how she talks about relationship patterns and emotional connection.
People typically come with a mix of concerns - for example anxiety plus difficulties with intimacy, or stress alongside problems with sleep or eating. Melanie checks what matters most at the first meeting and helps set short-term goals that fit someone’s life. She uses exercises in session and practical steps between appointments.
Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are accepted. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients use the online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Approaches used online and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, manageable steps in that direction while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It often suits people who want values-based change rather than quick fixes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and patterns and testing alternative ways of thinking and behaving, which can reduce reactivity and improve coping for stress and anger. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationship patterns shape current reactions, helping people understand why they might respond strongly in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and choose methods together based on the client’s goals and preferences. That collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted as progress is reviewed.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and making it possible to continue therapy from another location. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and home practice for remote sessions so progress is practical and focused.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she work with?
She helps with anger that affects daily life, such as snapping at others, workplace frustration and growing resentment in relationships.
What style of therapy does she use for temper and emotion work?
She uses a mix of approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy alongside attachment-informed discussions about relationship patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience working with adults on issues including anxiety, depression and relationship concerns.
Is she a registered practitioner and where is she based?
She is BACP-registered and based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients; check any local rules that might affect cross-border work where you live.
How are fees and payments handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start sessions?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.