About Melrose
Melrose Gunning is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with grief, anxiety, depression and life changes. Melrose emphasises each person as the expert in their own story and looks for strengths to build on.
She encourages people who find the first step difficult and acknowledges the courage it takes to reach out. Melrose works with concerns such as family stress, low self-esteem and everyday coping skills.
How Melrose works
She also offers support around cancer, caregiver strain, chronic pain and long-term illness. Communication difficulties, divorce and separation, and issues around forgiveness are areas she often addresses. Melrose is experienced in supporting those affected by postpartum depression and people with hearing impairments.
Her practice takes a multicultural approach and she pays attention to how cultural background affects each person’s experience. Melrose offers practical, down-to-earth conversations and helps people break big problems into smaller, manageable steps. She believes small changes can lead to meaningful relief.
Sessions are offered in English and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Melrose checks messages during the day and aims to reply by 6pm the same day for most messages received before 8pm. She invites people to take the next step when they feel ready.
What Melrose works with
The areas below are the ones Melrose selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Family conflicts
- Grief
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Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Therapeutic approaches and online support
Melrose draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical steps and emotional processing. One approach emphasises talking through difficult feelings and grief, helping people name emotions and plan small actions to ease day-to-day distress. Another approach concentrates on building coping skills for anxiety and stress, teaching strategies to manage symptoms and handle overwhelming moments.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Melrose collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals, needs and preferences, and she adjusts methods as therapy progresses. This shared planning helps make sessions feel relevant and manageable.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving or health demands. Video calls let conversations feel closer to face-to-face, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera, and live chat or text messaging can support shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between meetings. These options aim to make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life while maintaining continuity of care.
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