Melanie Hallows, MBACP (Accred)

If you have come across my profile for the first time, welcome.  You may be thinking of coming to see a Counsellor for a variety of reasons.  Perhaps you are struggling with anxiety and depression which is preventing you from living life to the full and is impacting on your personal relationships, or employment prospects.  It may be that you have come out of a difficult relationship which has affected your confidence and self-esteem or perhaps you are going through a personal crisis such as divorce or coping with a bereavement.

Experience

I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor with experience supporting clients with a variety of issues ranging from depression, anxiety, confidence and self-esteem, bereavement, separation and divorce and supporting survivors of domestic abuse.  I also have experience working with children and young people and a special interest in supporting Parents with their emotional wellbeing thereby providing the foundations for raising resilient children and enhancing family relationships.

I have worked for the last 7 years for a leading Children's Mental Health Charity providing therapeutic support to both Parents and Children. I have gained experience offering support with a variety of child related issues ranging from loss, bereavement, domestic abuse, self-harm,  anxiety and depression, bullying, low self-esteem and special educational needs.  I also have specific experience in supporting adults with issues relating to affairs and betrayals, separation and divorce, co-parenting and custody issues and wider relationship issues including relationship difficulties with partners, children, extended family and within the workplace.   I have also gained experience supporting adults coming to terms with the impact of historical abuse including emotional, physical, sexual abuse and neglect.

How Counselling Can Help

I am to provide a safe, confidential, impartial space for you to explore what's troubling you and to work through difficult or conflicting feelings.

This can help you to gain clarity and a different perspective.

Counselling can lead to a better understanding of self and enable you to rediscover your inner resources which can enable you to take the first positive steps towards change.

It can also help you gain insight into family dynamics including exploration of past and present relationships and lead to better understanding which is the first step to change.

Please take a look at my website melaniehallowscounselling.co.uk to see how counselling could help you.

My Approach

I am Integrative trained, which means that I recognise all clients have different life experiences and that one approach does not fit all. I draw on different theoretical approaches which can aid my understanding and enhance the way in which I work.

Above all I place emphasis on the importance of the relationship between the Client/Counsellor and aim to provide a warm, empathetic, non-judgmental space for you to explore what is troubling you.

I also believe that in order to understand our difficulties today it can sometimes be helpful to explore our relationships with other significant people in our past. I work in a non-directive way, at your own pace.

Whatever the reason, you feel you need support with, please do get in touch.

Getting in Touch

Free Telephone Consultation

I realise it can be really daunting choosing a Counsellor and making that first initial contact, which is why I offer a free telephone consultation.   Feel free to give me a call where I will be happy to answer any queries you may have.

Do please leave a message, I may be with another client, but your call is important to me and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Or, alternatively, email me and I will aim to get back to you within 24 hours.

I will then invite you in for an initial assessment session which will be at a reduced rate of £30.  This gives you a further opportunity to ask any questions and get to know how we will work together.

I offer both short-term and long-term counselling.  We will review as we go along and this is very much directed by you and your needs.

You may also find it helpful to look at my website which will give you more of a feel for how I work and my experience.   (melaniehallowscounselling.co.uk)

Location

(Twickenham, West London)

My private practice takes place from a log cabin in my garden, separate from my home, in a quiet development in Twickenham, which provides a quiet, private, reflective space.

I am close to Whitton and Twickenham British Rail and the A316, with easy access to the M3 or into London and many other good transport links. There is plenty of free, easily accessible parking. Wheelchair access available - just ask.