Melanie Drake
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About me
By coming to personal therapy, you may be seeking to find relief and gain insight into the obstacles which might be blocking your path to health and happiness. Whatever your circumstances, therapy can be the first step in an empowering journey of self-awareness and transformational change. By shedding light on blind spots and working with you to overcome inner resistance, I can help you move forward equipped with the strategies you need to thrive.
Therapy offers a safe, confidential place where you can talk about your difficulties. You might have unhelpful or negative thoughts and behaviours that you want to change.
What we talk about will vary depending on the problem you want help with. It could include:
- your relationships
- your emotions
- your thoughts
- unhealthy or unhelpful behaviours
- situations or events you find difficult
You don't have to be in crisis to have therapy.
I will help and support you in this process, in order to make positive changes in your life.
As a BACP member I am committed to providing therapy in a confidential, safe and non-judgmental environment.
You can find more information about me on my website.
The arc of therapy is a process, not an event.
How it works:
We will usually schedule a number of regular sessions lasting for 50 or 90 minutes. This time will be yours every week. We can then begin to engage in a supportive, collaborative process. I suggest an initial commitment of 6 or 12 sessions, during which we can regularly review our work together and decide how to proceed. However, you can stay in therapy for as long as you wish.
Training, qualifications & experience
Advanced Diploma Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy
Certificate in Working with Trauma
Certificate in Bereavement Training
Addiction training at RIRS (Richmond-upon-Thames)
Certificate in Online Counselling (NCS Accredited)
Certificate in Working with Children and Young People - Place2Be
Group Therapy Facilitator - Adults
Addiction Therapy - 12 Step Recovery
Member organisations
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
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- feelings of abandonment
- abuse in relationships
- obsession and compulsion
- social anxiety
- aging
- alcohol abuse
- anxiety disorder
- attachment problems
- sex issues
- co-dependency
- depression
- divorce adjustment
- drug and alcohol misuse
- pornography addiction
- emotional regulation
- online addictions
Therapies offered
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Fees
£100.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I am currently working only online, via Zoom, working in-person (in Kensington) every 8 weeks.
London Practice - Kensington (Gloucester Road)
I currently work Online (Zoom) on Monday to Friday - 10am to 7pm
50 Minute Individual Session - £100
30 Minute Introductory Session - £60
90 Minute Individual Session - £180
I offer a free 20 minute phone call before booking.
Rye Practice
50 Minute Individual Online Session - £100
30 Minute Introductory Online Session - £60
90 Minute Individual Online Session - £180
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Kensington: Currently working only online via Zoom
Rye: Currently working online only via Zoom
Further information
Some of the difficulties that I can help you with are:
- loneliness and isolation
- loss of identity
- separation anxiety
- anxiety
- stress
- alcoholism
- addiction
- 12 Step Recovery
- feeling sad
- low esteem
- depression
- loss of meaning and purpose
- relationship and marriage issues
- family issues
- separation and divorce
- affairs and betrayals
- break-ups
- infidelity
- adjusting to change
- life transitions
- co-dependency
- people pleasing
- loneliness
- attachment and abandonment
- drug and alcohol misuse
- low self-confidence
- feelings of inferiority
- loss and grief
- abortion
- forgiveness
- guilt
- shame
- spirituality
- midlife transition
- ageing
