Melisa Eyuboglu

About Melisa Eyuboglu

Melisa Eyuboglu is a Psychotherapist and Trainee Counselling Psychologist at the Private Therapy Clinic. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the University of East Anglia and a master’s in Mental Health Studies from King’s College London, and has almost completed her Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology.

Melisa primarily uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help both adults and children overcome various issues such as depression, identity related issues, eating disorders, anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks. CBT is an evidence-based approach and is recommended by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for treating these disorders. However, she also prioritises a tailored treatment plan and may integrate techniques from other approaches including ACT, DBT, CFT, systemic therapy, and emotion focused therapy. 

Having been born in Belgium with Puerto Rican and Turkish heritage, Melisa is committed to providing a culturally competent practice, recognising that there is no one-size-fits-all and each client is unique with diverse therapeutic needs. As a result, she utilises a person-centred counselling approach as a foundation for her modalities, highlighting the importance of a strong therapeutic relationship to ensure a warm, non-judgmental, and confidential consultation.

Since the beginning of her career, Melisa has pursued a diverse portfolio of roles and is comfortable seeing a wide spectrum of presentations, including eating disorders with co-existing considerations such as autism, OCD, ADHD, or CPTSD. She has worked for NHS Talking Therapies, an NHS Specialist Eating Disorder Outpatient service, an adolescent mental health charity, and the Psychosis Community Service within South London and Maudsley. Additionally, she worked as a Research Assistant at UCL and places a high value on empirically supported interventions and ensuring an evidence-based practice. Prior to this, Melisa worked in the creative industry for various advertising agencies and a renowned film production studio. Through these experiences, she recognises the high expectations of professionals in the workplace, placing a particular emphasis on managing perfectionism and imposter syndrome. 

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Melisa has in-depth knowledge of treating individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Particularly, she has an interest in Pure OCD and recognises the interpersonal and intrapersonal difficulties due to distressing intrusive thoughts. These can include themes such as a fear of being a paedophile, harming others, or being in the wrong relationship. She utilises psychoeducation to help clients understand that intrusive thoughts are a normal part of life, but the distress arises from the meaning we give them. From there, Melisa collaborates with her clients to assign less meaning to the thoughts and uses Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to break the damaging rituals that keep these obsessions going.

Corporate Speaking

Melisa speaks to organisations, universities and professional networks, drawing on her clinical training alongside 2 years in advertising and film production before she retrained. She has presented at the BPS Division of Counselling Psychology Annual Conference, and has delivered webinars, panels and workshops for the British Psychological Society, UCL, and Northeastern University London.

Melisa’s talks cover supporting third culture kids in educational environments, teaching soon-to-be psychology graduates into the profession and creative burnout in the motion design industry, where revision culture, tight deadlines, and perfectionism often wear teams down.