About Lisa
Dr Lisa Tomlinson is a clinical psychologist registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). She works with people who are anxious, stressed or struggling with mood, and she aims to make talking about hard things feel a little easier. Her approach is warm and straightforward, so conversations stay focused and practical.
She spent nine years working in NHS services across a range of settings. That time gave her experience with anxiety, addictions, trauma and mood difficulties, plus issues like eating, sleep and relationship struggles.
Background and approach
Clients often bring problems such as panic, obsessive thinking, or feelings of shame and guilt. In sessions she draws on a few different methods to match what each person needs. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps spot thought patterns and try new ways of responding.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing strong emotions and staying steady in relationships. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and trauma-focused work when past events continue to cause distress. Mindfulness techniques are used to build calm and present-moment awareness.
Lisa adapts her tools to the issue and the pace a person prefers. Practical goals and clear steps are emphasised in therapy. Sessions may include skill practice, short home tasks and focused discussion.
She welcomes people from the United Kingdom and internationally, and works online by video, phone, chat or messaging. Her registration with the HCPC is shown as HCPC. People who want to start are asked to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions that suit their schedule.
How Lisa’s approaches transfer to online therapy
CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours. Online CBT sessions often include working through exercises together, setting small tasks between sessions and reviewing progress. This approach can help with anxiety, panic and obsessive thinking.DBT teaches skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance and handling conflict. In an online format the therapist can share worksheets, coach skills in the moment and practise breathing or grounding exercises during a video call.
EMDR and trauma-focused work aim to reduce the hold of painful memories. When suitable, elements of this work can be adapted for video or phone sessions with careful pacing and preparation to make sure the person feels able to proceed.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy itself. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then agree a plan together. That collaborative process means methods can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared materials, phone sessions suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera, and live chat or messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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