About Lisa
Lisa Badman-Dunphy is a BACP psychotherapeutic counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She trained as a counsellor after more than 20 years working in the NHS and other care settings supporting health visiting, sexual health, older persons mental health and special educational needs and disabilities. She offers a calm, non-judgmental space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, depression and relationship worries.
Lisa uses talking therapy to help people look at patterns in their thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
How Lisa works
Sessions are offered online and by phone, normally once a week, and can be short term or open ended depending on the person’s needs. Her approach is psychodynamic therapy, which focuses on how past experiences shape current reactions. Lisa aims to bring hidden patterns into view so people can make different choices in relationships and life.
She pays attention to attachment, self-esteem and issues around intimacy. She also works with concerns such as trauma and abuse, grief, eating and body image problems, parenting and career stress. Additional focuses include abandonment, blended family issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and disability, codependency, commitment and communication problems.
Lisa values empathy, openness and respect in the therapy room. She welcomes people from a range of communities including BIPOC, body-positive, LGBTQIA+ and sex-positive groups. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted.
Lisa lists one way 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Psychodynamic work online and flexible session types
Psychodynamic therapy helps people notice how past relationships and early experiences influence present feelings and behaviour. A psychodynamic approach often looks at repeating patterns, attachment, self-worth and intimacy issues to help people understand why they react as they do and consider new ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lisa will discuss goals, personal preferences and day-to-day needs and collaborate on which way of working feels most helpful. Together the person and counsellor decide whether to begin with short-term focused work or a more open-ended process.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when useful, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and messaging suits brief updates or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving and other commitments while keeping the focus on the therapeutic relationship.
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