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This site is dedicated to helping you recover and rebuild yourself after dating someone cluster B personality-disordered.

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Counselling services

To be heard and understood

I will sit with you in the dark, giving you hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

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Coaching services

Making your insights a living reality

We don't talk about the past in coaching; instead we look to the future and how to get there.

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Trauma recovery · Cluster B relationships · Codependency · cPTSD · Counselling · Life coaching · Online on Zoom · Everything you share is confidential · Trauma recovery · Cluster B relationships · Codependency · cPTSD · Counselling · Life coaching · Online on Zoom · Everything you share is confidential ·
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Counselling since 2007
Diploma in Psychosynthesis, 2011
Online, worldwide
on Zoom — video or audio only
129 YouTube videos
free guidance since 2019
Melanie Philippides

Melanie Philippides

Dip.Couns

About me

Healing, recovery, adaptability and growth

I'm a mental health counsellor, with a diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling (The Institute of Psychosynthesis, 2011) and I also trained in Life/Wellness Coaching (Energy4Life, 2015). I've been counselling in the field of trauma recovery since 2007, when I started my training.

I specialise in cluster B personality disorders, codependency & cPTSD, providing online counselling and coaching to help people recover and heal from the breakdown of a dysfunctional relationship. The focus is not only on healing and recovery, but also adaptability and growth, and it is often a traumatic relationship break up that instigates a journey towards psycho-spiritual awakening.

2007
Began counselling training
2011
Diploma, Institute of Psychosynthesis
2015
Life/Wellness Coaching, Energy4Life

Let's embark on a journey that embraces the profound power of the present moment, the strength found in self-discovery and the healing potential within

How I can help

Counselling and coaching in the field of trauma recovery

I offer both counselling and coaching in the field of trauma recovery. I specialise in helping people heal from childhood trauma as well as processing traumatising events that have happened in adult life. Especially if the trauma has been a result of having personality-disordered people in your life; this is my area of expertise. The pain from loving someone cluster B personality-disordered is unlike any other relationship, which requires a specialist to really understand what you've been through.

i.

Are you suffering after splitting up from your partner and you need help making sense of it all? Perhaps it's been a long time and you are struggling to move on. Maybe you're in a relationship and you feel stuck, not knowing what to do. I can help you make sense of what's going on and where to go from here.

ii.

I help people feel empowered again after experiencing devastating emotional injuries from being in a relationship with someone. Whether it was your ex, a friend, someone at work or a family member, I can help you build confidence, let go of the past and make peace with what happened. It is a process — it doesn't happen overnight — but I'm with you, every step of the way.

iii.

If you find yourself becoming enmeshed in relationships, I can help you become a more independent person, explore why you find yourself in unhealthy codependent relationships and help you make changes so that you find yourself in better, functional and healthy relationships.

Counselling services

To be heard and understood

I offer Psychosynthesis counselling to help you make sense of what happened. My counselling sessions are there to hold space for you to talk about and process what's happened. To be heard and understood. To be listened to without judgement and with unconditional positive regard. Experiencing unconditional positive regard in the counselling session can be a much needed corrective emotional experience, which can help alleviate your suffering.

I will sit with you in the dark, giving you hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel. I specialise in trauma counselling, which I've been doing since 2007, so I am confident that I can hold space for you whilst you explore what happened and understand what needs to be done and where to go from here.

Counselling allows for insights to drop. Which is like a treasure chest that has been washed up onto the shore. The sea is a metaphor for the unconscious and the treasure is the insight that's come from it. But the treasure chest must be pulled onto the land, so that the tide doesn't come and pull the treasure back into the sea again.

That's what can happen with insight; unless we focus on the insights gained and ground them into your everyday life and make it a part of your conscious awareness, the insights will go back into your unconscious again and we forget. This is where coaching is so important — it is a method of making your insights a living reality. Insights and goals about how to live your life are made possible through life coaching.

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I will sit with you in the dark, giving you hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Melanie Amandine
Coaching services

Making your insights a living reality

Just like a sports coach helps to keep their players on track with improving their game, so a life coach helps to keep their client on track with living their best life. It can be hard to make changes to our routines and it's easy to slip into old habits. This is where I can help! Life coaching can help you implement your ideas and insights.

Of course you can do it on your own, but if you find yourself struggling with maintaining consistency with your new habits/routines, having a life coach by your side to hold you accountable, cheer you on when you're doing well, challenge you appropriately to develop your skills more and help you identify obstacles that are holding you back will certainly help.

Are you fed up of talking and thinking about a traumatic event and just want to feel better? This is where coaching can help, because we don't talk about the past in coaching; instead we look to the future and how to get there. I help you develop and improve your will power and better understand where you might be struggling.

This is especially important for people who are experiencing PTSD/cPTSD as well as neurodivergent individuals, such as people with ADHD who often struggle with consistency and feeling overwhelmed. If you can relate and you feel like you are waiting for your life to finally start, or perhaps you feel like a guest star in the TV show that is your life, know that coaching with me can help!

Whether you're seeking tools for daily mindfulness, personalized coaching for your personal development or navigating the unique challenges of trauma recovery, I'm here to support you.

I appreciated my sessions with Mel because it opened up doors that I never thought were there. I feel I have more control over my future. Mel has been a guiding light through my journey. Mel made the hard part easy and was with me, every step of the way

Matt, 27, London

My story

Freedom is what I stand for

Melanie Amandine

I've always been fascinated by the mysterious and unknown. My family owned a care home for people with neurological disorders so I had been exposed early on in life to a wide spectrum of mental health issues and neurodivergency. I was intrigued. I wanted to learn more about why people act the way they do and why some people are different to others. Combined with my nurturing temperament and a desire to want to help others, it made sense that I would be drawn towards counselling psychology.

After I graduated high school I studied psychology at the University of Surrey and after graduating with my BSc in Psychology, I went on to train at the Institute of Psychosynthesis and graduated with a Diploma in Psychosynthesis counselling in 2011. My training was intense! Especially starting at 23 years old. We are still building our egos at this age, and here I was, invited to break myself down for self-examination. On top of this, my first clients during training were deeply traumatised people. Not surprising, considering I was seeing people locally in my home town in South London (Croydon). I realised early on that this was my path in life, embodying the archetype of the wounded healer to help others feel freedom from their suffering. It's why I'm able to hold space so well for traumatised people in my counselling — I've been doing it since 2007 ;)

Types of services offered

Sessions & pricing

The price is the same for both counselling and coaching (I charge per hour of my time). Payment is in British Pounds - please use an online currency converter to see the pricing in your local currency. Paypal automatically converts your currency upon payment.

Counselling/Coaching

Single session

1 x 60 minute online zoom session, you can choose to have the cameras turned on (video call) or if you’d prefer to have the cameras off (audio call) I make it cheaper.

  • One video session £60
  • One audio session £50
  • With audio content created afterwards
  • One video session £70
  • One audio session £60
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Counselling/Coaching

Session bundle package

3 x 60 minute online zoom sessions (works out cheaper than individual sessions).

  • video sessions £169
  • audio sessions £139
  • With audio content created afterwards
  • video sessions £210
  • audio sessions £169
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Audio response

Q&A

If you're not looking for coaching or counselling and just want my opinion on something, I offer an option where you can email me about your current situation (no more than 9 pages) and I create an audio file with my response (around 40 minutes long) and if you have a question afterwards, I can email back a response (one time only). Once payment has been received, you will receive an audio file from me within 72 hours.

  • Price £49.99
  • (note that this is not counselling/coaching; just offering my perspective on your situation.)
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Audio content created afterwards: 1 x 25 minute audio summary — notes that I made in the session, which include insights made and important things that came up. I will record an audio file and then send it to you a few days after the session.

From first email to your session

How a session works

No booking system and no forms — just a few emails between you and me.

  1. Step 1
    You Send me an email

    “I'd like one video session. I'm in New York, Eastern Time.”

    You email me

    Tell me which service you'd like and your timezone. That is all I need to get started.

    Email me
    Your email
  2. Step 2
    Melanie Replies with her availability

    “Here is when I'm free over the next few weeks, in your local time.”

    We agree a time

    I don't use a calendar, so I reply by email with my availability. My working days are Monday – Saturday, 8am – 7pm UK time.

    Finding a time Time agreed
  3. Step 3
    You Pay for the session

    Payment

    Payment is made via PayPal or by bank transfer (UK only), in British Pounds. PayPal automatically converts your currency upon payment.

    Awaiting payment Session booked
  4. Step 4
    You & Melanie 60 minutes on Zoom

    We meet on Zoom

    A 60 minute online session — with cameras turned on, or turned off if you prefer an audio call. You will be listened to without judgement.

    Video call or audio only
  5. Step 5
    Melanie Records your audio summary

    Audio summary, if you chose it

    A 25 minute audio file with the notes I made in the session: the insights and the important things that came up. I send it to you a few days after the session.

    Session notes In your inbox

Everything you share is confidential

That includes what's written in emails, what is spoken of in the sessions and any audio content created.

Details of my services

Good to know

Hours

My working days are Monday – Saturday, 8am – 7pm GMT (UK time).

Availability

If you want to know my next availability, please email me to find out (I don't use a calendar).

Sessions

I only use Zoom to hold the sessions (with either cameras turned on or turned off, i.e. audio only).

Payment

Payment is in British Pounds via PayPal — PayPal automatically converts your currency upon payment. I work privately, i.e. I don't work with health insurance companies.

Confidentiality

Everything shared is confidential, including what's written in emails, what is spoken of in the sessions and any audio content created. Confidentiality works both ways in our work together — I ask that you share nothing online. By purchasing sessions you are agreeing to this confidentiality agreement.

@MelanieAmandine

Join me on YouTube

Welcome to my YouTube channel, dedicated to helping you recover and rebuild yourself after dating someone cluster B personality-disordered.

129 videos on love bombing, trauma bonding, codependency, letting go and finding your way back to yourself — free to watch, whenever you need them.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Choose the service you would like and email me at melanieprsvp@gmail.com, stating which service you'd like and your timezone, so that I can give you my availability in your local time for the next few weeks. I don't use a calendar, so availability is always arranged by email.

I only use Zoom to hold the sessions. You can choose to have the cameras turned on (video call) or, if you'd prefer, the cameras turned off (audio call) — the audio session is cheaper.

No. The price is the same for both counselling and coaching — I charge per hour of my time.

Payment is in British Pounds via PayPal. PayPal automatically converts your currency upon payment — you can use an online currency converter to see the pricing in your local currency.

Counselling holds space for you to talk about and process what's happened — to be heard and understood, without judgement. Coaching doesn't talk about the past; instead we look to the future and how to get there. Counselling allows insights to drop, and coaching is a method of making those insights a living reality.

I specialise in helping people heal from childhood trauma as well as processing traumatising events that have happened in adult life — especially if the trauma has been a result of having personality-disordered people in your life. Whether it was your ex, a friend, someone at work or a family member.

Yes. Everything shared is confidential, including what's written in emails, what is spoken of in the sessions and any audio content created. Confidentiality works both ways in our work together — I ask that you share nothing online. By purchasing sessions you are agreeing to this confidentiality agreement.

Book a session

I'm with you, every step of the way

If you want to go ahead and book a session with me, please email me, stating which service you'd like and your timezone (so that I can give you my availability in your local time for the next few weeks).

  • Monday – Saturday, 8am – 7pm (UK time)
  • Sessions on Zoom — video or audio only
  • Everything you share is confidential

Please email me at:

melanieprsvp@gmail.com

Online counselling and coaching for trauma recovery — helping you recover and rebuild yourself after a relationship with someone cluster B personality-disordered.
melanieprsvp@gmail.com
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Monday – Saturday, 8am – 7pm (UK time)
Sessions are held on Zoom — video or audio only.
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Everything shared is confidential.
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