Melanie Kinross

I can be available during the daytime or early evenings, week days or Saturday mornings.

I have a psychodynamic way of working which means that I pay a lot of attention to unconcious dynamics as a way of understanding what is happening now. This helps to unpick what can seem like confusing or overwhelming patterns of behaviour or thinking.

Work with children and young people

I am a psychodynamic Counsellor trained to work with children and young people who are experiencing difficulties emotionally and/or psychologically. I have worked in schools in West Sussex for 12 years, but now also offer private work over the phone, zoom or facetime. 

I have experience in working with many presentations including anxiety, loss, depression, panic attacks, relationship difficulties, trauma, stress and lots more.

Work with families

I also work with parents/carers when appropriate, and sometimes teachers.

Work with adults

I have experience with Employee Assistance Programme counselling, so can work effectively within a short term framework. This means we identify achievable goals and work hard to develop your strengths and resilience in order to achieve them.

I can work long or short term, and usually weekly meetings but fortnightly can also be useful.

We can meet using Zoom, phone or e mail during the current Covid-19 crisis. 

As soon as it is safe to do so I will offer face to face sessions, but some might prefer to stay with the online or phone.

I can discuss the work with you initially for free in a phone call before a commitment is made.

We can discuss the presenting issue, and get an idea about how many counselling sessions might be necessary. In the current pandemic, I am not offering face to face counselling, so work with younger children will have to wait until it is safe to do so. I have found that children age 10 and over can sometimes manage online or phone sessions, depending on the individual.

I use a number of measurement methods so that we can keep track on how we are doing.

I can offer sessions during the day or early evenings, or Saturday mornings.

I supervise Counsellors from any modality, and my training was in psychodynamic counselling with children and adolescents.

I work with trainees and qualified clinicians, working with children, adolescents and adults.

In the current time I am offering supervision sessions over Skype or Zoom.

In our first session we would discuss what you need to get from Supervision, and where you are in your Counselling journey. We will include your organisational requirements, frequency and how you see yourself and your work.

I will also discuss my expectations as we go into a supervisory relationships in terms of preparation for sessions and paperwork.