Liisa Hiltunen , PACFA

Liisa Hiltunen is a PACFA counsellor with 20 years of experience offering practical, person-focused support. She blends counselling and coaching to help people manage stress, anxiety and relationship strain, and to find direction during life changes.

Liisa connects therapeutic approaches with everyday tools. Sessions include goal-setting, problem-solving and attention to personal values to help people find clearer next steps. She uses straightforward language and a collaborative style to make sessions easy to follow.

Her background includes master’s level training in counselling and business coaching, plus a Bachelor of Fine Arts in design. That combination shapes a holistic view of work, life and leadership concerns, and informs practical techniques for career and role-related stress.

Liisa has worked internationally and brings experience supporting people through relocation, cultural adjustment and identity shifts. She also supports those experiencing caregiver stress, body image worries, grief, separation and other major life transitions.

Her practice draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, attachment-informed work, mindfulness and client-centred approaches. Sessions aim to balance evidence-based methods with easily applied strategies, so people can practise new ways of coping between meetings.

People can expect a thoughtful, trauma-aware and collaborative approach that honours their knowledge of their own lives while offering structure and clear next steps.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their inner experience and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and when life changes feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it suits worries, low mood and relationship difficulties. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current connection patterns and helps people build healthier ways of relating to others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Liisa will collaborate with the client to identify which methods best match their goals, needs and preferences. That might mean combining ACT, CBT and attachment-informed ideas into a flexible plan that adapts over time.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging support brief updates, reflection between sessions and steady progress when time or travel is a barrier. These options aim to increase accessibility and help people maintain continuity of care with appropriately qualified therapists.