Where Learning, Wellbeing and Performance Connect
Blending educational psychology with wellbeing and performance to help children, young people, and adults learn, grow, and thrive in ways that feel real and achievable.
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Meet Dr Mel, also known as “The Sporty Ed Psych”
An Educational Psychologist, “everyday amateur athlete,” and a fierce speaker and mentor.
Dr Mel’s journey into psychology has been shaped by her diverse experiences across the UK and the USA, working in a range of roles within psychology services that have broadened both her perspective and her practice. Having completed her Doctorate in Applied Educational Psychology at the University of Birmingham in December 2023, she has developed an approach that is highly efficient, down to earth, and grounded in real-world understanding.
Her doctoral thesis explored how girls in mid-adolescence perceive the impact of sport-based extracurricular activities on their wellbeing. This is a theme that continues to shape her work around confidence, identity, and performance.
What makes Dr Mel unique is the lens she brings, blending psychology with performance. She supports children, young people, and adults to better understand how they think, learn, and perform at their best, whether that’s in the classroom, on the field, or in everyday life. Her style is practical, relatable, and refreshingly human (sprinkled with just the right amount of humour).
Dr Mel is driven by fairness and equality, ensuring that children and young people have access to the support and opportunities they need, while helping adults better understand the challenges they face and how best to support them.
Whether you’re a school, parent, organisation, or aspiring psychologist, Dr Mel offers bespoke support tailored to real people and real life circumstances.
Dr Mel’s approach is evidence-based, innovative, and creative, one which is grounded in psychology and sprinkled with her own lived experience to help children, young people, and adults work towards realistic, achievable outcomes that build confidence, wellbeing, learning, and performance.
Schools and Parents
Mentoring
Collaborations
Bringing psychology, performance, and personality to podcasts, media, guest speaking, workshops, and creative collaborations.
Helping Children, Young People, Families, and Schools Thrive
Consultation
Assessment
Assessment often follows consultation, helping to build a clearer understanding of a child or young person’s strengths, needs, and what may help them move forward. Dr Mel’s approach is thorough, efficient, and grounded in real-life understanding.
Assessments are designed to provide clarity rather than overwhelm, with reports written in professional yet accessible language that genuinely makes sense to families, schools, and young people themselves. Support is always tailored, practical, and focused on meaningful next steps.
Intervention
Training (also available separately)
Ready to talk things through? Book your free consultation call today.
Educational psychology doesn’t have to look traditional.
Dr Mel brings a fresh, energetic approach that helps people build confidence, push past barriers, and thrive both inside and outside the classroom. Think educational psychology with a sporty twist.
Keynote Speaking
Dr Mel delivers engaging, relatable talks that blend psychology, performance, and real-life experience with honesty, humour, and energy.
Speaking topics include women’s empowerment, girls’ confidence, performance under pressure, wellbeing, resilience, and young people navigating today’s world.
Sessions can be tailored for conferences, schools, youth events, church settings, workshops, and community space. with every talk designed to feel authentic, thought-provoking, and genuinely impactful.
Podcasts & Panels
From speaker panels to webinars and podcasts, Dr Mel brings an authentic and relatable voice to conversations around psychology, performance, wellbeing, confidence, and young people. comfortable across a range of speaking formats.
Mentoring Services
Helping Future Psychologists Find Their Way
Getting into psychology or educational psychology can sometimes feel like trying to crack a secret code.
Exciting one minute and wildly overwhelming the next. Dr Mel offers mentoring for aspiring psychologists and professionals who want guidance without the jargon or gatekeeping.
From 1:1 mentoring and application support to interview prep, confidence building, and figuring out your next move, support is designed to help you feel clearer, more confident, and a little less like you’re winging it alone.
You’ll find Dr Mel in schools, supporting communities, delivering training, speaking at events and podcasts, or working hard in training sessions, always bringing energy, insight, and authenticity.
Dr Mel is driven by fairness and equality, making sure children and young people get what they need, have access to the right opportunities, and that adults are better equipped to understand the challenges they face and how best to support them.
Melissa Morrison Psychology was founded on these values, bringing together psychology, performance, and a commitment to fairness to support people in ways that truly make a difference.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who does Dr Mel work with?
Where does Dr Mel work?
Dr Mel works with individuals, families, schools, and organisations across the UK. Services are primarily delivered remotely, with in-person support available across the West Midlands, East Midlands, London, and surrounding areas where appropriate.
Please note that, for the time being, Dr Mel is not accepting direct work with children who have a Birmingham postcode, including those who attend schools in neighbouring local authorities. This does not affect work with children who live outside Birmingham and attend schools in areas such as Solihull and other neighbouring authorities.
Speaking engagements, mentoring, workshops, podcast appearances, and wider bespoke professional services remain available to organisations, businesses, universities, community groups, and event organisers in these areas.
Do I need a diagnosis or formal referral?
Which services can be stand alone?
Most services can be accessed as standalone support or combined to create a tailored package. Whether you’re looking for a consultation, mentoring session, training workshop, keynote speaking engagement, or ongoing support, services can be designed around your individual needs and goals. Assessments are typically preceded by an initial consultation to ensure the most appropriate and meaningful support is put in place.
Do you offer online support?
Do you support aspiring psychologists?
How do I get started?
The best place to start is by getting in touch for an initial conversation to explore what support may be most helpful.
How much does support cost?
Consultation sessions start from £200.
The standard daily rate for schools is £650. Fees reflect direct consultancy time alongside preparation, planning, report writing and follow-up support.
Packages of work typically range from £1,200–£1,500 depending on the level of support required.
Training packages for schools and wider organisations start from £350.
For other areas of work and services that you may require from Melissa Morrison Psychology, please book a consultation call so that your needs and requirements can be discussed further. Excluding Birmingham children, Melissa Morrison Psychology offers psychology services across a range of regions within the UK.
Do you formally diagnose children e.g. ADHD, Autism & Dyslexia ?
Educational psychologists do not formally diagnose conditions such as autism or ADHD. These assessments are usually carried out through NHS services or specialist private providers. However, I do support children and young people who already have diagnoses, are awaiting assessment, or may be experiencing difficulties associated with these needs. Most educational psychologists do not diagnose dyslexia, but they can identify needs around reading and writing and suggest support for children with literacy difficulties.
Ready to Chat?
Sometimes the hardest part is knowing where to start.
Whether you’re looking for support for yourself, your child, your school, or your next step into psychology, the first conversation is simply a chance to talk things through without pressure, jargon, or expectations.
Together, we can figure out what’s needed, what’s realistic, and what the next best step could look like.
Send an email to drmel@drmelissamorrisonpsychology.co.uk or book your free consultation call below: