About Lisa
Lisa Oxley helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems and grief. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, anger, eating concerns, low self‑esteem and major life changes. Lisa is an NCPS professional with ten years of experience in the United Kingdom.
Her style is practical and person-centred. She treats each person as the expert in their own life and looks for existing strengths to build on. Sessions focus on clear, manageable steps that can be tried between meetings.
How Lisa works
Lisa aims to make the work feel doable rather than overwhelming. She has worked with a wide range of concerns including family problems, caregiver stress, codependency and issues linked to separation or blended households. Additional areas of focus include substance and alcohol addiction, compassion fatigue, and feelings of emptiness, guilt or shame.
Lisa draws on her decade of practice to match approaches to the problem at hand. During sessions she uses straightforward conversation and practical techniques to help people regain control and cope better day to day. She places emphasis on improved communication, setting boundaries and breaking unhelpful patterns.
Progress is tracked in small, realistic steps so change feels steady. Starting therapy with Lisa involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and routines.
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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how online therapy fits
Lisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she uses helps people identify unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour and replace them with more helpful habits; this can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Another approach centres on strengthening communication and boundary-setting to reduce conflict and improve relationships, which can help with family problems, codependency and caregiver stress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lisa works collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals and preferences. She listens to what is most important and adapts the plan as progress is made, so the work feels personalised rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or suit people with limited bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging let people reflect in writing or fit sessions around busy days. These options make it easier to keep continuity and to work consistently on goals without long travel times or schedule disruption.
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