Paul Melia
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About me
Looking to begin in-person counselling or psychotherapy in Manchester city centre? My practice is by St Ann's Square and I provide short- and long-term therapy for adults.
Every Therapy is Individual
Established in 2011, people use my therapy service for a variety of reasons: they may have received a mental health diagnosis or have symptoms (including anxiety, depression, and trauma); because of a shift brought on by life's big events (a change in employment status, for example); a recurring thought, feeling or behaviour in day-to-day life may have become troubling; because of a specific or generalised experience that may be difficult to put into words.
Therapist Paul Melia
I am a qualified and experienced therapist at this registered practice established over a decade ago.
I draw on two years work as a Counsellor for a leading private health care company and two years work as Therapist for a North West charity.
I am chair of the North West Regional Psychotherapy Association and play an active role in the region’s network of therapists
Before qualifying as a therapist I worked as an Art Historian for 20 years, holding increasingly senior positions within UK universities.
Training, qualifications & experience
- I qualified as a therapist in 2010 and established my registered practice in 2011
- I now have over a decade‘s experience working with a wide range of symptoms
- For 8 years I worked from the heart of Chorlton, south Manchester, growing and developing my practice
- In 2019 I relocated to the Royal Exchange in the city centre – also home of the famous Royal Exchange Theatre Company
- My relocation and expansion of Therapy in Manchester allows me to better serve the mental health needs of adults living or working in Manchester
- Before qualifying as a therapist I pursued a first career as an Art Historian for 20 years, holding increasingly senior positions within UK universities
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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.
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Fees
£55.00 per session
Additional information
In-person appointments held from my rooms in St Ann’s Square, city centre Manchester.
- £55 per appointment
When I work
Daytime and Evening Appointments
