Damien Melhem

Welcome! I specialise in traumatic loss, grief, depression, and existential crises. I offer discounted rates for grief therapy and Blue Light Card holders.

If you choose me as your therapist, I will support you on your healing journey. I provide a space where you can fully be yourself. A space that is open-minded, empathetic, and free from judgement or unsolicited advice. I will help you understand your feelings, what has happened to you, and where you want to go next.

For the past two years, I have worked with the Bereavement Counselling Service South West, an NHS-funded charity, gaining extensive experience in supporting individuals through traumatic loss, grief, existential crises, childhood trauma, anxiety and depression.

I would like to share with you my own experience. Through therapy, I discovered that something almost magical happens when I share my difficult experiences with a therapist. It’s vastly different from merely listening to my thoughts and responding to them internally. When I talk to someone who listens fully, with empathy and without judgment, and whose sole intention is to understand me, it transforms the experience. When the therapist, after accepting me as I am, asks questions to clarify and untangle my emotions, it helps me to see clearly how I feel and to connect with my wounds in a way that opens the door to healing.

This is the kind of therapy I offer: a space where you can be your true self. I will support you in processing painful experiences, accompanying you on a healing journey to understand and accept what has happened and realise that you have the power to live a life worth living.

In our first session, I will explain how confidentiality works in therapy. We’ll talk about what brought you here, and you’ll get a sense of whether I’m the right therapist for you.