About Lisa
Lisa Howarth supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship difficulties. She also helps with trauma, self-esteem problems, addiction-related concerns, sleep and eating struggles, and issues around intimacy. Lisa works online with people who are exploring identity, LGBT matters, parenting strains, ADHD and life changes.
She uses a straightforward approach. Sessions aim to help people feel heard and to make small, practical changes that reduce distress. Lisa brings seven years of experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
How Lisa works
Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She focuses on building trust and on practical steps to manage feelings. Conversations may look at boundaries, attachment patterns and how past experiences still affect daily life.
Lisa draws on a blend of methods to match what each person needs. That can mean client-centred listening, using cognitive approaches to shift unhelpful thoughts, practising mindfulness skills, or working with bodily sensations to ease tension. When trauma is part of the story she adopts careful, trauma-focused ways of working.
Sessions are offered online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. People can expect an initial short questionnaire to help match them and a conversational first session to set goals and agree a plan together.
Lisa lists 6 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the persons experience. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so people can explore feelings at their own pace and find their own solutions. This approach is useful for stress, self-esteem and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect. Sessions can include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new ways of responding to reduce anxiety or low mood. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can help with stress, sleep problems and feeling overwhelmed.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and adjust methods based on the persons needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where plan and pace are agreed together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video suits longer therapy conversations and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can be easier for short check-ins or when people prefer writing. These options make therapy more flexible and help people fit sessions around work, family and other commitments.
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