Renee Melges

About the Therapist

Renee Melges is a Registered Clinical Psychologist and Kinesiologist, Reiki Practitioner with a Masters is Clinical Psychology. She has over 25 years experience working as a Psychologist and over 17 years experience working as a Kinesiologist in the field of mental health and emotional wellbeing. Renee Melges combines eastern and western philosophies to assist the client to maximise their potential and facilitate personal growth. 

Renee Melges provides In Person Kinesiology for all ages and online and In person Holistic Counselling for adults, adolescents and primary school children. 

Areas of expertise:

Renee Melges specialises in mood and anxiety disorders.

There are many areas that a Clinical Psychologist and Registered Kinesiologist can assist you with:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Trauma
• Relationship difficulties
• Grief and loss
• Building self-confidence
• Sleep difficulties
• Social isolation
• Career and work issues
• Conflict management
• Pain management
• Managing chronic illness
• Stress management
• Life transition issues
• Enhancing your connection to yourself
• Reconnection to life purpose
• Behavioural Issues

What is Kinesiology

Kinesiology works with the energy, called Chi, flowing through the physical and energetic bodies. Kinesiologists use muscle testing to identify blocks and techniques to clear these blocks, supporting the body’s natural drive to restore balance. Imbalances may present themselves in many forms including physical ailments, mental health issues, relationship difficulties and feeling spiritual misaligned.

Benefits of Kinesiology

There are many areas that a Kinesiologist can help you with. Mental health and physical health issues, insomnia or sleeping difficulties, trauma, grief, relationship challenges, coping with chronic illness, pain management, dealing with conflict, building self-confidence, self-love and self-acceptance, reconnection to life purpose and career direction, behavioural difficulties, emotional regulation, spiritual alignment and enhancing connection to your intuition.

Kinesiology for Adults

After counselling for many years Renee observed that most clients benefited from counselling. However, she identified that a minority of clients who, despite having a deep understanding of their issues and knowledge of how to change, continued to repeat the same negative behaviour patterns. They were unable to let go of past traumas, remaining stuck in the same emotional and mental cycles.

Kinesiology combined with holistic counselling approaches which access the subconscious have enabled Renee to support clients to successfully break through these negative psychological patterns.

Kinesiology for Children and Adolescents

Experiences in childhood influence adult behaviour. Unresolved stress and trauma during childhood may manifest itself later in life in various forms: health difficulties, patterns of avoidance, development of addictions, low resilience, high levels of sensitivity, mental health issues, brain integration issues, challenges with focus, inconsistent employment, disorganization and poor management of personal affairs, inability to deal with conflict, and development of unhealthy relationships. Furthermore, childhood trauma can carry through to adulthood if children are unsupported to heal these negative experiences.

Kinesiology combined with holistic counselling approaches supports children and adolescents to clear blocks that are holding them back from developing high levels of self-confidence, self-acceptance and self-love. Kinesiology combined with holistic counselling approaches are supportive to allow children and adolescents to develop more resilience, feel more grounded, increase impulse control and improve emotional regulation, and develop clarity as to what path or approach is best for them to take when addressing challenges in their life.

Renee has been drawn to assist children and adolescents to support them to develop emotional maturity and improve behaviour, and heal childhood trauma optimising their chances of reaching their potential.

The Benefits of Online Holistic Counselling:

These days many people have busy lives with competing work and personal priorities and complex schedules. Online Holistic Counselling offers convenience for clients who find travelling for appointments impractical or require more flexibility with their session times. Online Counselling is held within a safe and confidential online environment.

For those of you who are seeking a Holistic Psychologist, however have not found someone locally that you resonate with, online Holistic Counselling with Renee Melges may provide you with the support you require on your healing journey.

Online Holistic Counselling for Primary School Children and Adolescents 

Children from the age of around 8 years old respond well to online Holistic Counselling sessions. Social stories, music and colourful imagery are incorporated to engage a child or teenager through their self-exploration and learning of how to work through their own personal challenges. Parents are invited to attend online sessions with their child in order to better understand their challenges and support their child in reinforcing identified supportive strategies within their home environment. For adolescents parent involvement is encouraged and attendance in sessions is dependent on consent from the adolescent. 

Common reasons parents seek support for their child or adolescent from a Clinical Psychologist include:

• Challenges with emotional regulation
• Symptoms of Anxiety
• Symptoms of Depression
• Dealing with Trauma
• Grief and Loss
• Dealing with change
• Family dynamic challenges
• Dealing with parents’ separation and divorce
• Bullying
• Building self-belief and self-confidence
• Learning to stand up for oneself and hold boundaries with others
• Friendship issues
• Behavioural issues

In Person Holistic Counselling:

In Person Holistic counselling sessions are held in clinic in Ashburton VIC 3147. In Person sessions are beneficial for those who are not comfortable with online platforms and have a preference for connecting face to face. In Person sessions are available for primary school children, adolescents and adults. 

Rebates

Medicare and Private Health Rebates are available.

Serenity Holistic offers reduced fees to clients who have a Centrelink Health Care Card or Centrelink Pension Card.

Qualifications:

• Masters in Clinical Psychology
• Diploma of Holistic Kinesiology
• Reiki II
• CBT
• TFT
• PEEFT
• ASIST
• EMDR Advanced Practicum Training