About Lisa
Lisa Johnson works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and major life changes. She also offers support for guilt and shame, loneliness, questions about life purpose, mood difficulties, and issues commonly described as men's or women's issues. Lisa uses a respectful, sensitive approach to help people take practical steps forward.
She has a BACP accreditation from the United Kingdom and three years of professional experience.
How Lisa works
Her background includes voluntary roles with bereavement and family support groups and running a community counselling service for a charity. She has also helped facilitate a men's mental health peer support group. Sessions are tailored to each person's needs.
Lisa aims to shape conversations and plans around what matters to the individual. She focuses on helping people build coping skills, find clearer perspectives, and regain motivation. Lisa describes therapy as a collaborative process.
She supports people to set concrete goals, practise new responses to difficult feelings, and work through painful memories at a pace they can manage. Many clients come for short-term support and practical strategies. The tone in sessions is warm and direct.
Lisa aims to make space for honesty, to challenge unhelpful thinking, and to encourage small steps that make everyday life more manageable.
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.
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Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online counselling
Lisa draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and understanding emotions. One common approach helps people identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns, which can reduce anxiety and low mood by teaching clearer ways to respond to stressful situations. Another approach centres on processing painful events slowly and safely, helping people make sense of trauma, grief or loss so those memories feel less overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and day-to-day needs, and together they will try methods that fit. This is a collaborative process where plans are adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to access support. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break, while live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring duties or travel and help people keep continuity of care wherever they are in the United Kingdom.
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