Melanie Lucas

Melanie Lucas is a counsellor with 16 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and loss, and the challenges of depression and bipolar disorder. She works with people dealing with ADHD, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and the strain of life changes. Melanie also lists support around compassion fatigue and divorce and separation among her focus areas.

She approaches sessions from a client-centred stance, which means she listens first and follows each person’s priorities. Melanie combines this with mindfulness techniques to help reduce overwhelm and bring attention back to the present moment. Her style is straightforward and warm, aimed at making difficult conversations easier to manage.

Melanie is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom. She is able to communicate in British Sign Language to level 2 and offers sessions in English. She accepts international clients as noted in her profile.

In therapy she works to build on people’s existing strengths. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client, whether that is coping with loss, improving day-to-day mood, managing panic, or navigating major life transitions. Melanie encourages small, practical steps and supports people while they try new ways of coping.

Her background includes over a decade and a half of professional practice in counselling. She aims to create a respectful space where people can talk through difficult feelings and start to plan changes that fit their life and goals.

How Melanie uses client-centred and mindfulness approaches online

Melanie uses client-centred work to prioritise each person’s concerns. This approach focuses on listening carefully, reflecting what matters, and helping people name their goals. It is useful for tackling stress, low mood, relationship changes and major life decisions.

She also draws on mindfulness techniques to help people manage anxiety and overwhelming thoughts. Mindfulness practice often involves simple attention exercises and breathing work that can reduce reactivity and increase clarity in day-to-day life.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Melanie will discuss each person’s needs, goals and preferences and help decide which methods to try. That choice is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people join from different locations when that suits their schedule. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises such as mindfulness practice to work well in remote sessions, and Melanie will help tailor activities to what fits the client’s daily life.