Damien Melhem

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location_on Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8SG
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About me

Choosing to start therapy is a brave decision. It means recognising that you need support. It’s about acknowledging that you are worthy of care and that it’s okay to ask for help. The first step often involves overcoming fears and uncertainties about the process. Therapy requires you to open up about your thoughts, feelings, and experiences, which can feel incredibly vulnerable. It takes courage to share your innermost struggles with someone else, trusting that they will understand and support you without judgment. This journey can be challenging, but the courage to persist through these challenges is what leads to healing.

I offer a space where you can fully be yourself. A space that is open-minded, empathetic, and free from judgement or unsolicited advice. I will support you in processing painful experiences, helping you to understand your feelings, what has happened to you, where you want to go next and to realise that you have the power to live a life worth living.

Training, qualifications & experience

For the past two years, I have worked with the Bereavement Counselling Service South West, gaining extensive experience in supporting individuals through traumatic loss, grief, existential crises, childhood trauma, anxiety and depression.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.

Accredited register membership

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

  • Traumatic loss
  • Grief
  • Existential crises

Therapies offered

Fees

£30.00 - £45.00
Free initial online session

Concessions offered for

  • check_circle Low income
  • check_circle Keyworkers
  • check_circle Students
  • check_circle Unemployed
  • check_circle Refugees

Additional information

Reduced fees for Bereavement therapy, Blue Light Card holders, clients who are claiming benefits and students.

34 Cecil Avenue, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8SG

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

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Additional languages

Spanish

Online platforms

Google Meet
Whatsapp