Melissa Hepburn, BACP

Melissa Hepburn is an integrative therapist who blends different evidence-based techniques to meet each client where they are. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists, which reflects her commitment to recognized professional standards.

Her early work in a bereavement service involved supporting multiple families and individuals through loss, giving her direct experience of grief and the varied ways people adjust after death. That background informs her sensitive approach to bereavement and loss work.

Melissa also has experience supporting people with post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and gender dysphoria. She emphasises a non-judgemental, open-minded stance and aims to offer consistent empathy so therapy feels approachable rather than daunting. Those values shape how she supports clients processing trauma, navigating identity concerns, or managing persistent worry.

In addition to individual work, Melissa supports couples who are facing difficulties. She offers to work with partners together or with each person individually to explore practical steps forward and to find the best path for the relationship. Her practice focuses on creating a comfortable atmosphere where clients can explore difficult topics and develop coping strategies.

Integrative and trauma-informed care available online

Melissa uses an integrative approach that combines techniques from different evidence-based therapeutic methods to suit each person's needs. This flexible style allows her to tailor sessions for issues such as anxiety, stress, and relationship concerns by drawing on the strategies that best match a client's situation.

She also works with trauma-focused approaches that prioritize understanding how past events affect current wellbeing and help people build practical skills for coping with symptoms of post-traumatic stress and related difficulties. For those grieving a loss, her bereavement-informed work offers compassionate support to process that experience and find ways to adapt.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Melissa will work with clients to explore goals, preferences, and responses to different techniques so they can agree on a plan that feels like the best fit.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling and makes it possible to access support from different locations. These options let clients choose the format that feels most comfortable while maintaining continuity of care and allowing therapists to adapt interventions to the online setting.