Melanie Kennedy, BACP
8 years in practice
Melanie Kennedy is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and relationship concerns.
License and registration
- BACP
- 374366 · expires May 2026
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Melanie
Melanie Kennedy is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and relationship concerns. She supports clients facing depression, self-esteem struggles, addiction issues and challenges around intimacy. She also works with people dealing with grief, trauma, parenting strain and career pressures.
Melanie has eight years of professional experience and holds BACP membership. Melanie aims for a respectful and compassionate approach in sessions. She listens first, then tailors conversations and plans to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
That might mean short-term practical strategies or a slower, reflective process depending on what helps most. Her work draws on Jungian ideas about meaning and symbolism alongside evidence-based methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Attachment-based and client-centred ways of working also shape how she builds trust and explores relationships.
Sessions cover a wide range of concerns including ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and issues connected to kink and alternative sex culture. Melanie also addresses difficult topics like abandonment, codependency and coping with major life changes. Melanie provides therapy in English and is based in the United Kingdom.
She offers different online formats so people can choose what fits their life and energy levels. She encourages small steps and practical tools alongside deeper personal work.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Melanie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Melanie names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Jungian Therapy looks at personal meaning, dreams and symbols to help people understand patterns in their life and inner world. It can be useful for clients who want to reflect on identity, life transitions and deeper sources of distress.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and taking small committed actions while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It often helps with anxiety, stress and coping with unwanted feelings.
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns and communication. This approach is helpful for people dealing with trust, abandonment or recurring relational problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Melanie will discuss approaches with each client and decide together what fits their goals, needs and preferences. That way sessions mix practical tools and deeper exploration in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth and setting allow. Phone calls suit people with low bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging can make shorter check-ins or ongoing support easier to fit around work, caregiving or travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Melanie specialise in?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and relationship and intimacy issues, plus grief, trauma and addiction-related concerns.
What style of therapy does she use in sessions?
Her style is warm and person-centred, combining Jungian perspectives with practical methods like ACT and CBT to suit individual needs.
How much experience does she have?
Melanie has eight years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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