About Lisa
Dr Lisa Tomlinson welcomes people who are feeling anxious, overwhelmed or stuck. She helps with stress, low mood, addiction-related concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, and life changes. Lisa uses clear, practical steps in sessions so people can try small changes between meetings.
Lisa is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC. She has nine years of clinical experience working in the United Kingdom. Her background includes NHS work across a range of services, supporting people with mood problems, trauma, relationship strains and compulsive behaviours.
How Lisa works
In session she works at the client’s pace and focuses on building trust. She aims to offer warmth and steady support while people talk through painful or confusing experiences. Lisa draws on evidence-informed methods to help people manage symptoms and regain routine and confidence.
Her practical toolkit includes cognitive behavioural approaches, dialectical behaviour strategies, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, mindfulness techniques and trauma-focused work. These methods are adapted to the person and the issue rather than applied in the same way to everyone.
People often come to address issues such as abandonment or attachment worries, body image, obsessive thoughts, panic, grief, or problems tied to alcohol and drugs. Lisa also supports those dealing with guilt, shame and questions about life purpose. She works collaboratively to set goals and review progress over time.
Lisa lists 5 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
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | HCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical therapy approaches for online work
Lisa commonly uses cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy and trauma-focused techniques in online sessions. Cognitive behavioural therapy helps people notice patterns of thinking and behaviour and try small experiments to reduce anxiety or low mood. Dialectical behaviour therapy offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness. Trauma-focused work, including eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing where appropriate, helps people process distressing memories and reduce their impact on daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. Together they will choose or adapt methods so the plan fits the person and the issue rather than forcing a single model.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging can support quick check-ins, homework discussion or ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, family and travel commitments.
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