Lisa Badman-Dunphy , BACP

Lisa Badman-Dunphy is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of counselling experience. She draws on a long background in health and social care, having spent over 20 years supporting people through the NHS and other care settings before qualifying as a counsellor. That practical experience informs her calm, grounded approach to therapy.

Lisa offers a welcoming, non-judgemental space for people keen to explore their motivations, identity and relationships. She listens for patterns in thoughts and feelings and helps clients talk through what is making life feel overwhelming. Many come to her with anxiety, low mood, grief, stress or challenges around intimacy and self‑esteem.

Her main approach is psychodynamic therapy, which looks at how past experiences shape present behaviour and emotions. In sessions she helps bring unconscious patterns into awareness so people can make different choices in daily life. Therapy can be short term or open ended depending on what the person wants to work on.

Sessions are offered online or by phone, typically once a week. Lisa values empathy, respect and openness and aims to make it straightforward to explore difficult subjects. She also supports people with issues such as parenting, career decisions, eating concerns, ADHD and relationship difficulties.

Lisa is experienced in working with a range of communities including BIPOC, body positivity, LGBTQIA+ and people in ethical non-monogamy and kink-affirming contexts. She welcomes enquiries from English-speaking clients in the UK and offers a simple online matching process to begin.

Psychodynamic work online and flexible session options

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on how past experiences and early relationships shape present feelings and actions. In plain terms it looks for repeating patterns - for example in relationships or self-worth - and helps people understand why those patterns keep happening. This can be useful for issues such as low self-esteem, attachment difficulties, confusion about intimacy and some forms of anxiety and depression.

In practice the therapist listens for recurring themes and links them to earlier life events. That process helps people make sense of emotions and reactions and consider different ways of responding. Lisa works collaboratively with each person to find the right pace and focus, and she will discuss how psychodynamic work might fit someone’s goals and preferences as part of the process.

Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare and other commitments while keeping the therapeutic relationship consistent.