About Lisa
Lisa Anderson helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, or problems with intimacy and relationships. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, grief, anger, low self-esteem and major life changes. Lisa brings a calm, direct presence to sessions that aims to reduce isolation and restore a sense of direction.
Lisa works in a person-centred way and places the relationship at the heart of therapy.
How Lisa works
She listens without judgement and follows what the client finds most important. Sessions often include gentle attention to physical sensations alongside thoughts and feelings to help people reconnect with their bodies and emotions. Her background includes five years of professional counselling experience in the United Kingdom and over two decades of personal practice in mindfulness, meditation and spiritual enquiry.
She holds BACP accreditation, which is listed as her credential. Lisa uses practical, accessible methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work and Emotionally-Focused Therapy, adapting these to each person’s needs. Conversations are plain and paced to suit the client, with space for reflection and noticing how changes feel in the body.
She gives particular attention to issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency and identity concerns including gender dysphoria. Lisa also supports people facing life events like divorce, bereavement, hospice or end-of-life questions and recovery after disasters. People can expect a compassionate, steady presence and collaborative planning of next steps.
Therapy is paced to each person so practical goals and small changes can be noticed between sessions.
Lisa lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Lisa works with
The areas below are the ones Lisa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and decide what matters to them. It uses simple exercises to build behaviours that match chosen values and can help with anxiety, depression and life transitions.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early bonds affect current feelings. It can help people understand abandonment, attachment difficulties and problems with intimacy by bringing awareness to emotional responses in close relationships.
Lisa views the choice of approach as a collaborative process. She will work with each person to find what fits their needs and goals, trying out methods gently and adjusting as progress is observed. The aim is to agree on practical steps that feel doable and relevant to everyday life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging suit people who prefer to write or want more frequent brief contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments and to continue work between sessions with notes and reflections.
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A practical next step
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