Melanie Lee | Accredited Counsellor | Aberlady | NCPS

Melanie Lee

Member Status: Accredited

Member No: NCS23-01330

Location: Aberlady

Hi, my name is Melanie and I am a qualified integrative counsellor (person-centred, psychodynamic). I offer online sessions UK-wide using Zoom and walk & talk sessions in East Lothian, Scotland. I usually have availability Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

I love seeing both clients who know counselling is for them as well as those who have never done it before or have done it, and it wasn't for them. I love to turn that experience around for that last category. What I offer is a warm, down-to-earth genuine connection where I will help you with all my years of experience to move from mere survival to thriving. I am gently challenging where appropriate, my clients have valued that hugely. I encourage you to take baby steps out of any stuck place at a pace that works for you.

If you're in crisis, weekly sessions work best. If you need more space for reflection then we can go fortnightly or less. You may be in counselling with me for a short time (just 2-8 sessions to get unstuck, I work well in brief therapy mode) or may choose to work longer-term with me.

Please get in touch to book your first session. I know booking and attending the first session is often the hardest step, but the relief of having that first session with the right counsellor is huge so I encourage you to send that message.

  • Qualifications & Experience
    Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling from the University of Edinburgh. Awarded with Distinction in 2010.

    Further qualifications in relationship counselling from Relationship Scotland. Mindfulness from Mindfulness Association Scotland. Counselling Supervision from Counselling Tutor.
  • What I can help with
    • Abortion
    • Abuse – Emotional, Physical, Sexual
    • Addiction (e.g. Alcohol, Computer games, Drugs, Food, Gambling, Sex, Smoking)
    • Adolescence
    • Ageing and related issues
    • AIDS / HIV
    • Anger Management
    • Anxiety
    • Assertiveness / Self-confidence / Self-esteem
    • Autism Spectrum
    • Bereavement / Loss
    • Bullying
    • Cancer
    • Carers
    • Childbirth: fertility
    • Childbirth: labour
    • Childbirth: pregnancy
    • Depression
    • Disability
    • Divorce & Separation
    • Emotional issues
    • Family
    • Gender identity
    • Generally unhappy with your life
    • IBS / Digestive Issues
    • Illness and dying
    • Mindfulness
    • Neurodiversity
    • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
    • Panic attacks
    • Parenting skills
    • Phobias
    • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / PTSD
    • Pregnancy related issues
    • Relationships
    • Relaxation
    • Self-defeating behaviours
    • Self-esteem
    • Self-harm
    • Sexuality Identity
    • Shyness / Social Phobia
    • Sleep
    • Spirituality
    • Start exercising
    • Stress
    • Suicidal feelings
    • Trauma
    • Violence / Victim support
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