About Lisa
Lisa Ali works from a person-centred approach that puts the client at the heart of each session. She is described as empathic and attentive, and she aims to create a warm atmosphere where people feel seen and respected. Lisa holds NCPS and has six years of counselling experience in the United Kingdom.
Her practice focuses on common and painful struggles such as anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions and stress. She also supports people with identity and relationship concerns, body image, grief and issues connected to parenting and family life.
How Lisa works
Neurodivergent needs such as ADHD and autism are part of her stated focus areas. Lisa adapts sessions to each person’s pace and priorities. She listens, reflects, and helps clients notice patterns that may be holding them back.
Practical steps and short-term goals are used when appropriate alongside deeper emotional work. Her background includes a BA Honours degree in Humanistic Counselling and further professional development in online and telephone counselling and bereavement work. The NCPS credential is listed as her qualification.
Over six years she has worked with a broad range of concerns and continued professional learning. Clients can expect conversational sessions that balance emotional support with practical tools. Lisa aims to help people build coping skills, strengthen self-worth and make clearer choices when facing life changes.
She encourages people to set the pace and shape the work according to their needs.
Lisa lists 3 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Lisa's Approaches Work Online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the pace set by the person in front of the counsellor. It helps when someone needs acceptance, a non-judgemental space and time to clarify feelings and choices. Solution-Focused Therapy is brief and goal-oriented; it looks for small, practical steps that move a person towards clearer functioning and relief from distress. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on helping people process past traumatic events and build skills to manage triggers and distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through needs, goals and personal preferences, then shape sessions around what seems most helpful. That collaborative planning means approaches can be blended or changed as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical advantages for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face contact when travel is difficult, phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth is available, live chat suits quick check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caring responsibilities or busy schedules, while still allowing the therapist to use person-centred, solution-focused and trauma-informed methods effectively.
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