Melissa Harding
Psychologist | Pelvic Pain Ally | Loud Laughter, Fierce Advocate | Sunshine with a Shadow of Sass
Melissa is the kind of therapist who makes you laugh mid-tears and then hits you with a truth so spot-on, you’ll blink three times and rethink your entire internal monologue.
She’s warm, funny, and human to the core — with the kind of grounded confidence that says:
"I see what you’re carrying. Let’s hold it together."
Melissa supports clients navigating:
Chronic and pelvic pain (and all the tangled medical, emotional, and identity threads that come with it)
Sexual pain, medical trauma, body-based shame and anger
Grief, frustration, and the deep loneliness of living in a misunderstood body
Shutdown, burnout, emotional dysregulation, and the desperate urge to “just be okay again”
Gaslighting — external, internal, ancestral, systemic. She will not let you shrink or apologise for your pain.
How she works
Melissa isn’t here to throw a manual at your nervous system and hope for the best.
She blends evidence-based practice with deep, intuitive attunement — reading the room like a seasoned human, not a scripted professional.
Expect:
Science, humour, and very real honesty
Zero shame, zero pressure
Flexible, collaborative sessions where your pace is honoured (even if your inner critic wants to speed things up)
A therapist who will gently call out your self-doubt and boldly back you in reclaiming your power
Melissa’s particularly brilliant at supporting clients who feel unheard, unfixable, or afraid they’re “too complicated.”
(Spoiler: you’re not.)
Qualifications
Dual endorsed Clinical Psychologist and Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Master of Psychology (Educational and Developmental), Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Psychological Science (4th Year), University of Queensland
Member of the AAPi
Circle of Security Parenting Program Facilitator