
Dr Melissa Barkan
Psychologist, DCounsPsych, CPsychol (she, her)
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Oxford OX1
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Often, individual difficulties are accompanied by the challenges of daily life, which make each person’s experience different and their therapeutic needs unique. Through short or long term therapy, I aim to support meaningful change in areas you would like to work on, with an understanding of the wider picture of how these issues may feature in daily life.
I have been working within mental health for over a decade and have experience in higher education, NHS, and the voluntary sector settings. My NHS work has involved forensic and learning disability settings as well as palliative care, working with frontline staff and within direct patient care.
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Finances
Fees
- Pay by Bank transfer, Paypal
Insurance
- Aetna
- Aviva
- AXA PPP
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Vitality
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Dr Melissa Barkan
Psychologist, DCounsPsych, CPsychol
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Membership with British Psychological Society Melissa Barkan
- In Practice for 17 Years
- Membership with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Practitioner Psychologist
- Degree/Diploma from University of Oxford in (MSt) Psychodynamic Practice
- Counselling Psychology, Doctorate
Specialties and Expertise
Expertise
- Addiction
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Armed Forces
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Behavioural Issues
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Career Guidance
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Weight Loss
Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Aviation Professionals ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied
Ethnicity
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak
Turkish
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Aviation Professionals ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied
Ethnicity
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak
Turkish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
- Family / Marital
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Schema Therapy
- Transactional Analysis
Location
Nearby Areas
Counties
Neighbourhoods
Districts

Dr Melissa Barkan
Psychologist, DCounsPsych, CPsychol