You're in the right place if...
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You think a lot, but struggle to connect to your inner world.
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You tend to overly adapt yourself to others, put their needs before your own, or struggle to set boundaries.
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You’re a perfectionist, very hard on yourself, or regularly find yourself self-sabotaging even when you know what you want.
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Your thoughts spiral. You anticipate, analyse, catastrophise and ruminate.
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You sometimes feel anxious, constantly on alert and hypervigilant… or, on the contrary, completely disconnected, apathetic or without motivation.
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Experiences from your past, or trauma, continue to affect you.
Behind the Atelier
I'm Melissa, a psychosocial counsellor, couples therapist and supervisor, accredited by the SGfB in Switzerland and a member of the BACP in the UK.
For several years, I’ve supported people who want to better understand their emotional world, break out of repetitive patterns, and recover from difficult or traumatic experiences.
My approach is grounded in offering a warm, empathic and non-judgemental space. I draw on the PCA (Person-Centred Approach), EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), IFS (Internal Family Systems), attachment theory, and somatic and systemic approaches.
Supporting you
Our emotions, behaviours and protective mechanisms
always make sense
Individuals
Understand what is happening within you, so you can move forward differently
Understand
Explore your history, past experiences, relationship patterns and emotional world.
Regulate
Develop resources to move through difficult emotions and regulate your nervous system.
Transform
Explore and begin to heal past wounds, including through inner-child work and guided visualisations.
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Couples therapy
Create a more secure relationship
Step back
Identify the cycles you get caught in and understand what lies beneath your reactions.
Reconnect
Better understand your partner's inner world and develop greater empathy for one another.
Learn to respond differently
Create new ways of communicating, responding to each other's needs and building a more secure relationship.
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Supervision
A space to reflect on your practice
Supervision is a space to step back, reflect on your practice and explore what is happening within the therapeutic relationship.
The supervision model I use pays attention to different dimensions of the therapeutic relationship: the client, the practitioner, the relationship between them, and the wider contexts influencing it.
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Workshops
Exploring psychology together
Workshops and interventions combining psychoeducation, personal reflection and group discussion.
Understand
Discover psychological concepts and develop a better understanding of the mechanisms that influence our emotions, behaviours and relationships.
Reflect
Take time to explore what these concepts might bring up for you, through guided questions and personal reflection exercises.
Connect
Share your thoughts, experiences and questions with others in a respectful, inclusive and non-judgemental space.
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Free Introductory Call
A trusting relationship is one of the most important parts of any therapeutic process. That's why I offer a free 20-minute introductory consultation via Google Meet.
It's an opportunity for us to meet, talk about what brings you here, explore what you need, and see whether my approach feels like the right fit for you.