Melanie Haggarty

At present, I can offer 50 minutes sessions in various formats. This can be on-line, by telephone or face to face at The Practice Rooms, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Please contact me if there is anything about the format you wish to discuss.

I am a counsellor who uses the model of Humanistic counselling which has been based on Transactional Analysis (TA). 

The difference I can bring to the sessions alongside the knowledge gained from the counselling course is my background in mental health nursing. I have been working for the NHS for over 25 years. It has provided me good foundations in working with therapeutic relationships with individuals and their families or significant others.

It means I have worked with many people before who have struggled with various different types of mental health conditions. Although, moving away from labels and diagnostic tools, I prefer to work with what the person brings, their struggles, their strengths and what it is they are wishing to work on. 

It's not always easy to make the decision to try counselling. However, positive change can come about from time and protected space for exploration.

I can offer on-line, telephone or face to face sessions. At present, there is less availability during the hours of 9am-5pm on a Monday to Thursday due to my other commitments. 

Once the sessions begin, I would like to review after the 6th session to see if there is anything we need to re-contract on, in regard to the goals or aims of accessing the counselling. If, we both agree we can continue for another 6 sessions.

Within the work together, I may draw on other strategies or tools to help gain an understanding of what and how an individual processes the world around them. For example, using a cognitive behavioural template, psychoeducation and setting goals / tasks to trial in between sessions. 

I would aim for an Adult to Adult therapeutic relationship, which means we would be interacting as equals. I would be moving away from being the person holding the reins as you are the expert of you, so it is a exploration together, whereby I am walking alongside.

It could be whilst we are working together other areas of change become evident.  We can discuss these as they arise. I will be approaching the sessions with curiosity and feel hopeful any change, however small can make a vast difference on somebody's life. 

I would be open to working with young people as I have had previous experience working with CAMHS. If this is relevant to you, the only request is for consent from a person who holds parental responsibility for the young person seeking counselling. 

If you are curious about if this is what you may want, I can offer a free 30 minute discussion to discover whether this is the right intervention for you and that it fits with me, with my knowledge and expertise.

From this, the aim would be to have a collaborative agreement of how the first few sessions will be conducted.

In the first session together, I will need to go through an assessment to collate background information and essential details. 

At present, I can offer 50 minutes sessions on a weekday evening on-line or by telephone. There is availability for face to face sessions on a Friday afternoon and at weekends at The Practice Rooms, Salisbury.

Please contact me if there is anything about the format you wish to discuss.

Counselling with Mel is a registered Â鶹ԭ´´ counselling practice offering Humanistic and Transactional Analysis counselling. The aim is to provide compassionate and personalised care to help you achieve your wellness goals.

I completed the course on Humanistic Counselling based on Transactional Analysis at Peter Symonds college.

The difference I can bring to the sessions alongside the knowledge gained from the counselling course is my background in mental health nursing. I have been working for the NHS for many years. It has provided me good foundations in working with therapeutic relationships with individuals and their families or significant others.

If you are curious about if this is what you may want to, I can offer a 30 minute discussion for free to discover whether this is the right intervention for you and that it fits with me, with my knowledge and expertise.

From this, the aim would be to have a collaborative decision at the initial discussion of how the first few sessions will be conducted. 

It is a big decision sometimes to consider accessing counselling, although when people have reached this point in their decision making it symbolises the start of change.

Positive change can come about from time and protected space for exploration. I would like to offer you this space and can bring warmth, kindness and empathy whilst working alongside you.

Once  the sessions begin I aim to review after the 6th session to see if there is anything we need to re-contract on, in regard to the goals or aims of accessing the counselling, if we both agree we can continue. 

Within the work together, I may draw on other strategies or tools to help gain an understanding of what and how an individual processes the world around them as well as themselves. For example, using cognitive behavioural templates, psycho-education and setting goals / tasks to trial in between sessions.

I would aim for an Adult to Adult therapeutic relationship, which means we would aim to be interacting as equals. I would be moving away from being the person holding the reins as you are the expert of you, so it is an exploration together, whereby I am walking alongside. 

It could be whilst we are working together other areas of change become evident. We can discuss these as they arise. I will be approaching the session with curiosity and feel hopeful any change however small can make a vast difference on somebody's life. 

I would be open to working with young people as I have previous experience working with these age range.  If this is relevant to you, the only request is for consent from a person who holds parental responsibility for the young person seeking counselling. 

If you are curious about if this is what you may want to try, I can offer a free discussion to discover whether this is the right intervention for you and that it fits with me, with my knowledge and experience. I may ask for a few details to make note of our discussion. 

From this, the aim would be to have a collaborative agreement of how the first few sessions will be conducted. 

In the first session together, I will need to go through an assessment to collate background information and essential details.