Melvin

Mr Melvin Calleja

Family Therapist

“A warranted Systemic Family Psychotherapist working in school and residential care with adolescents and their families. With over 6 years of experience in community mental health, I bring a unique set of skills to help with mental health issues, relationships issue, family dynamics, & communication patterns.”

About Me

I help families navigate the complexities of relationships and communication. My six years in community mental health offer a unique understanding of challenges faced by adolescents and their families. This includes mental health and relationship issues. We’ll explore communication patterns together, working towards clearer connections. I aim to create a space where every family member feels heard, fostering understanding and new ways forward together.

Approach

When families come to therapy with me the focus shifts to noticing everyday patterns and testing small, achievable changes that make relationships feel different. I work from Sliema and online, offering sessions in English and Maltese so practical work can continue between meetings. Sessions tend to blend attentive listening, mapping interactions, and co-creating short experiments—especially around communication, boundaries and mood regulation with adolescents—so hope grows from steady practice. This approach often fits families and teens wanting clearer connection and manageable steps forward.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

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Services

Services Offered:

  • Adolescent Therapy

    Therapy designed for teenagers, using age-appropriate methods to address issues like anxiety, identity, peer pressure, and family conflict.

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  • Family Therapy

    A form of therapy that works with family members together to improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen relationships within the family system.

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  • Individual Therapy

    One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.

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  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Personal Development

    The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.

Works With:

  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Individuals

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Behaviour or Conduct Issues

    Persistent patterns of defiant, aggressive, or rule-breaking behaviour in children or adolescents that significantly disrupt home, school, or social life.

  • Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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  • Divorce Counseling

    Counselling for individuals or couples going through separation or divorce, addressing the emotional, practical, and relational dimensions.

  • Family Issues

    Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.

  • Personal Development

    The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.

  • Parenting Support

    Guidance for the psychological challenges of raising children, including discipline, communication, co-parenting, and managing the emotional demands of parenthood.

  • Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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  • LGBTQI+ Support

    The unique psychological experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, including identity exploration, coming out, discrimination, minority stress, and relationship dynamics.

  • Trauma

    The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.

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Professional Title:

  • Family Therapist

    A therapist trained to work with couples and families to improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen relationships.

Credentials

Registrations

Psychotherapy Professions Board Malta (PPBM)

Psychotherapist

Qualifications

Institute of Family Therapy Malta

Service Areas

Sliema

In-person & Online

Sliema, Malta

Malta

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Sliema, Malta