Melanie Lucas

Melanie Lucas is a counsellor with 16 years of professional experience in the UK. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, bipolar and depression. Melanie believes clients are the experts in their own lives and aims to support them in taking the first steps towards change.

She works in a straightforward, respectful manner. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person sitting across from her. Conversations often look at ways to manage difficult feelings, build on strengths, and find small, practical steps forward.

Melanie uses client-centred methods that put the person's perspective first. She also draws on mindfulness practices to help people notice thoughts and bodily reactions without getting overwhelmed. These approaches are simple and easy to apply between sessions.

Her practice also covers issues such as attachment and abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, communication problems, and challenges around life purpose. Melanie can support people dealing with cancer, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and matters related to military service.

She communicates in English and can work with international clients. Her professional registration is with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated as BACP.

Approaches used in online counselling and how they help

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and following the person's lead. It helps when someone needs time and space to make sense of feelings, decide what matters, and set personal goals.

Mindfulness Therapy involves simple practices that teach noticing thoughts and bodily reactions. This can help reduce reactivity to stress, manage anxiety and support coping with grief or chronic illness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. That might mean using more listening and reflective conversation at first, then adding short mindfulness exercises as steps forward feel manageable.

Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments from different locations. It can also be useful for people living abroad, since she accepts international clients; however confirm the current session options before booking. Discuss practical matters such as session length and timing when arranging the first appointment so sessions fit into everyday routines.