Melissa Favre-Lorraine

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Online Therapy for Individuals and Couples | BACP
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

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location_on Edinburgh EH11 & Manchester M1
Available for new clients
Available for new clients

This professional is available for new clients.

About me

I'm an integrative psychotherapist dedicated to helping you overcome trauma, attachment issues, and emotional dysregulation so you can become your most authentic and fulfilled self.

I’m deeply passionate and knowledgeable about my work and have even developed my own 5-step framework to guide my clients through healing. My values are strong, and I have zero tolerance for discrimination based on gender, sexuality, background, race, or neurodiversity. At the same time, I’m warm and funny, and I have two very cute rabbits as colleagues.

Why work with me?

Maybe you've spent years feeling like you had to be someone else—constantly trying to meet the expectations of others or avoiding conflict at all costs. Whether it’s unresolved trauma, attachment wounds, or the weight of anxiety and depression, it can leave you feeling disconnected from your true self. You might find yourself stuck in people-pleasing, overworking, masking, or repressing your emotions just to keep going. Coping can turn into unhealthy patterns like overworking, doom scrolling, self-harming, addictions, OCD, or eating disorders. Together, we can unravel those patterns, understand how your past is shaping your present, and help you develop what you need to feel good in your own skin.

I have experience supporting clients going through:

  • Stress and anxiety (including social anxiety, health anxiety, and panic attacks)
  • Depression
  • ADHD, Autism, ASD
  • Low self-esteem and low self-confidence
  • Family issues
  • Trauma and abuse recovery (sexual, physical, emotional)
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Addiction
  • Children/spouses of narcissistic personalities
  • Affairs and betrayals recovery
  • Improving couple communication
  • Suicidal thoughts
  • Eating disorders
  • Perfectionism
  • Self-harm
  • Vaginismus


What I offer:

  1. Helping you understand how your past experiences shape your current challenges.
  2. Teaching you to regulate and self-soothe, so you can safely feel and process your emotions.
  3. Guiding you to connect with yourself by noticing your thought patterns and truly feeling your emotions.
  4. Healing past traumas through methods like inner-child work and somatic experiencing.
  5. Providing a safe space where you can show up as your true, most authentic self.

Couple counselling

I really enjoy working with couples, and I can help you navigate a number of challenges, such as developing better ways to communicate and have difficult conversations, (re)developing emotional as well as physical intimacy, or navigating infidelity recovery. I may at times work with each individual separately to gain a better understanding of what is going for each of you, and how that may be relating to your past experiences.

How we will work together

I believe that everyone’s journey is unique, which is why I integrate a range of therapeutic approaches—including person-centred, psychodynamic, trauma-focused, and somatic practices. This allows me to tailor my methods to your specific needs, so I can meet you where you are in your process. I strive to create a warm and inclusive space where people of all genders, sexual orientations, races, ages, abilities, and backgrounds feel comfortable bringing their true selves without shame or judgment. 

What's the process?

If it sounds like we could be a good fit, I’d love to hear from you! Having been on this journey myself, I know this can feel pretty scary. I offer a free initial 20-minute consultation so you can get a sense of who I am and how we may work together. During our first session, I’ll ask you a few questions to get an overview of your life, so I can better understand what you've gone through, what you'd like to work on, what your goals are, and what you'd like to tackle first.

How many sessions will I need?

This will all depend on your needs, your presenting issues, and the pace at which you feel comfortable working. Some people only need six sessions; others, a couple of years. Your therapy journey is unique, and we can work flexibly depending on your needs: weekly or bi-weekly, as well as introducing breaks during the process if needed.

Next steps

If you have any questions or would like to book an introductory session, please get in touch!

Training, qualifications & experience

  • BACP-accredited Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy
  • Person-centred training
  • Sex and relationship counselling
  • Recovering from childhood sexual abuse
  • Working with shame
  • Grounding techniques
  • Online therapy
  • Relaxation techniques
  • Effective communication techniques
  • CBT training
  • Psychodynamic training
  • Working somatically
  • Attachment styles

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

Therapies offered

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Fees

£60.00 - £80.00
Free initial online session

Concessions offered for

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  • check_circle Trainee counsellors
  • check_circle Unemployed
  • check_circle Refugees

Additional information

  • Individual sessions: £70
  • Couple sessions: £80
  • Concession rates: £60

When I work

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Please note I'm currently fully booked in the evenings, but I can add you to a waiting list, and let you know once a space becomes available.

Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH11

Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1

Type of session

Online

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples
Families
Organisations
Employee Assistance Programme

Key details

DBS check info

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PVG Scheme info

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Additional languages

French

Online platforms

Google Meet