Melissa qualified as a Child and Adolescent Integrative Psychotherapist with Terapia. She has been working at Bridge to Health since 2020.

Prior to this she worked as a Special Educational Needs teacher, working with children and young people with specific learning difficulties in mainstream schooling.  Whilst supporting these children academically she soon realised that she needed to understand their social and emotional difficulties and acquire tools to help them work through their emotions and feelings. This led her to retrain.

Melissa works creatively with children and young people, often using art, play, symbols, metaphors and various media.  She recognises that children and adolescents sometimes struggle to put their feelings into words and therefore supports her clients to express their feelings safely in different ways. This gentle process allows her to understand how relationships and experiences have shaped a child's internal emotional world, and to help steer patients towards resilient mental health.

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