Dr. Melissa D’Angelo
melissa@southsidecounselling.co.uk
0141 673 2685
Sessions last 50 minutes and cost £55. Online introduction £25.
Melissa offers face-to-face and online sessions.
About Melissa
Melissa is a psychodynamic therapist and believes that therapy is a way to gain insight into yourself and what challenges and dynamics are impacting you. In session, she will seek to explore your thoughts and feelings and work together to make connections between different parts of your life. She believes that therapy is a place to be curious about the ways that your path and relationships in life have an impact on your present.
Melissa understands that all people experience times of struggle throughout life. She practices from a trauma-informed lens and helps people make sense of how they are feeling. She does this by inviting clients to be their authentic selves and to explore what is going on for them in a space of acceptance and curiosity. She is committed to getting to know each individual and ensuring that every client has autonomy over how they would like to use the therapeutic space. She believes that a professional therapeutic relationship can be a place for exploration, connection, and healing.
She aims to help you gain insight into what’s going on for you so that you have the choice to do things differently. She believes that therapy can help you know yourself more fully and that by exploring your own experience, you can have the freedom to make changes in your life.
She works with adults aged 18+
Training and Experience
Melissa trained in Psychodynamic and Person-Centred therapeutic modalities and holds a Doctorate in Psychotherapy and a PG Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Edinburgh.
Melissa has worked in a variety of environments, offering therapy in charities, universities, and schools. She works part-time as a lecturer in counselling and psychotherapy and has worked on both Higher National Certificate courses and on COSCA counselling certificate courses.
She has a significant background working with young people and adults. Before becoming a therapist, Melissa worked in a variety of educational environments, including teaching in primary and secondary schools. She has worked with adults through community education and training.
Melissa works with a range of issues including
- Relationship difficulties
- Family issues
- Depression and anxiety
- Stress
- Bereavement and loss
- Suicidal thoughts
- Self-harming
- Work related issues
- Trauma
- Sexuality
- Gender identity
- Low self-esteem
Professional Memberships
Melissa is a Registered member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme run by Disclosure Scotland, for adults and children. She has undertaken ASSIST suicide first aid, working with neurodiversity, child protection, teenage suicidal ideation, and understanding domestic abuse trainings.
She is registered with British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and adheres to their Code of Ethics. She has been working in a supervised counselling practice since 2020.
