About Lisa
Lisa McDonald is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on stress and anxiety. She has six years of professional experience and aims to make the first steps less daunting for people seeking change. Her manner is warm and respectful, and she works to create a space where clients can talk openly about what matters to them.
She helps with a broad range of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, relationship strain, grief and parenting stresses.
Background and approach
Lisa also supports clients facing anger, major life changes, and mood-related issues such as seasonal affective difficulties and panic attacks. Her working style is practical and person-focused. She listens first, then adapts discussions and plans to fit each person’s situation.
Lisa uses client-centred principles to make the conversation about the individual rather than a fixed technique. She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which breaks problems into manageable steps and helps shift unhelpful thinking and behaviours. That approach can be useful for anxiety, panic, mood struggles and patterns that keep causing the same problems.
Sessions may cover immediate coping skills, longer-term changes, or both, depending on what the client needs. Lisa encourages small, realistic goals and checks progress together as work continues.
Approaches in online counselling and how they help
Lisa uses client-centred therapy to place the conversation on the person’s needs and priorities. That approach focuses on listening, empathy and shaping sessions around what the client wants to work on, which can help when anxiety or low self-worth makes speaking up hard.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which breaks problems into small, manageable parts. CBT looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical exercises for anxiety, panic, mood issues and patterns that repeat over time.
Deciding on an approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose what fits best based on their goals, strengths and daily life. Plans can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules. Video sessions are useful for full conversations and non-verbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging is handy for short check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to arrange therapy around work, childcare and travel commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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