About Lisa
Lisa Studdert brings five years of clinical experience to her counselling work in Australia. She holds the ACA credential and has a background in emergency mental health care, which shaped her ability to stay calm and present with people during high-stress moments. Lisa describes her style as person-centred and attachment-based, with a focus on treating each person as an individual.
Her sessions are tailored to what a client wants to work on.
How Lisa works
She commonly helps people manage stress and anxiety, rebuild self-esteem, and address the aftermath of trauma and abuse. Lisa also supports people who identify as neurodivergent, including those with ADHD or autism, by adapting pace and strategies to fit how their brains work.
Lisa draws on several practical approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), alongside emotionally focused and attachment-based work. She uses somatic ideas too, recognising how the body stores experience, and aims to avoid forcing people to relive painful memories. Her way of working is collaborative and down-to-earth.
Sessions focus on learning skills, noticing patterns, and trying small changes between meetings. Lisa emphasises kindness and curiosity rather than blame when people want different results in relationships or personal habits. Clients can expect a steady, flexible approach that adapts to their needs.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the Start Therapy button.
Lisa lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | ACA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take values-based action. It can help with anxiety, stress and motivation by teaching simple exercises to practise between sessions.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns affect current relationships and emotions. It can be useful when people feel repeatedly let down, struggle with closeness, or notice the same conflicts repeating in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lisa will collaborate with clients to choose methods that fit their goals, needs and preferences, and may blend ACT, attachment work and client-centred techniques as the situation demands.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and build rapport, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text-based messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or health needs while still doing meaningful psychological work.
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