About me
Hi, I’m Melissa.
Thanks for stopping by.
If you’re here, there’s a good chance life feels heavy right now. Maybe work is exhausting and you can’t quite explain why. Maybe relationships leave you feeling drained, misunderstood, or stuck. Or maybe there’s just a quiet sense of feeling lost. Often, there’s something deeper underneath it all too, like growing up with a dad who wasn’t emotionally there, and carrying the impact of that into adulthood without even realising it.
People often tell me, “You’ve asked me questions I’ve never been asked before.” Sometimes that brings a moment of “oh… that makes so much sense” and sometimes it’s silence as things finally click into place. Those moments can be powerful, because they help you see that many of the patterns you’ve been living with originate from somewhere or somebody. They were ways you learned to survive, and they can be understood and gently changed.
You might also be wondering about ADHD. I work with many women who were diagnosed later in life, as well as those who suspect it but have never had the space to explore it properly. I can’t diagnose, but I’m aware of how neurodivergence can show. I may bring it into our work if it feels helpful.
Maybe you’ve tried many of the coping tools and strategies that work for others, think mindfulness, or meditation. Whilst they can be helpful, for an ADHD brain they can sometimes feel frustrating or uncomfortable. If your mind won’t settle and you come away feeling more exhausted than before, it isn’t because you’re failing, it’s just ADHD brains often rest and regulate differently. Together, we might explore gentler, more realistic ways of regulating, such as active rest, things like yoga, crocheting, knitting, colouring, or other low-effort activities that allow your mind and body to slow down without pressure. You’re not being lazy; you just may not have been given the right support or understanding to work with your brain, rather than against it.
I work relationally, which means what happens between us can offer insight into how you relate to others, but also how you relate to yourself. If you’re feeling anxious, burnt out, carrying unacknowledged grief, or simply tired of holding everything together, this can be a space where you don’t have to perform or have it all figured out.
If this resonates with you, I'd love to hear from you.
Feel free to take a look around my social media, I'm most present on Facebook and Instagram details of which you will find under the section 'Social' on my profile.
Email: info@melissanoyce.com
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience:
- 1 year within a drug and alcohol service, counselling men & women with alcohol addictions.
- 2 years within a young peoples service, counselling those aged 11-26 with a wide variety of problems. The most common issue was around parents divorcing.
- 5 years in a large acute NHS trust, supporting families at the time of a bereavement.
- 7 years in private practice, counselling men & women, with abandonment related issues. More specifically to those who have absent fathers.
Training:
- ADHD & Women with Dr Anneka Tomlinson (Seed Talks)
- Practical Tools when working with Neurodivergent Clients
- Disenfranchised Grief: The Grief That Does Not Speak with Sally Pendreigh
- 8 Things Every Therapist needs to know about Family Estrangement Workshop with Karl Melvin
- What is an Absent Father in the Current Era: Emotionally, Physically and Culturally? Workshop with Susan Schwartz
Qualifications:
- DipHe in Humanistic Counselling (Gestalt)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
- Abandonment
- Absent fathers
- Absent mothers
- Divorced parents
Therapies offered
Fees
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Working Hours:
Monday: 09:00 - 18:00
Tuesday: 09:15 - 15:00
Wednesday: 09:30 - 12:30
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