Lisa Gallagher , ACA

Lisa Gallagher is an ACA counsellor with 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety and depression. She works with people affected by trauma and abuse and supports those facing big life changes. She aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and straightforward.

Lisa believes clients know their story best and brings a practical, strengths-focused style. Sessions are grounded in clear listening and simple strategies clients can use between meetings. She focuses on building confidence, improving coping skills and reducing overwhelm.

Her work often covers attachment and abandonment concerns, and relationship patterns linked to narcissism or control issues. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, chronic illness or chronic pain, and the loneliness that can follow major life shifts.

Lisa helps people untangle feelings of guilt, shame and impulsivity so daily life becomes easier to manage. She offers support through divorce, separation and money-related stress without blaming or lecturing. The emphasis is on practical steps and steady progress.

People who prefer a calm, collaborative approach tend to find her style useful. She encourages small experiments and real-world practice between sessions. Lisa aims to help people move toward clearer goals and a greater sense of purpose.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Lisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, usable tools. One common approach emphasises building coping skills and problem-solving to reduce anxiety and manage stress. This involves learning simple exercises to calm the body and steady thinking when problems feel overwhelming.

Another strand of her work focuses on attachment and relationship patterns. This helps people understand how past experiences shape current reactions and gives practical ways to change unhelpful patterns in relationships, including responses to abandonment or control issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. She discusses goals, preferences and day-to-day realities to tailor sessions. This collaborative planning helps make therapy feel relevant and workable for each person.

Online sessions offer flexibility and a range of formats. Video calls approximate face-to-face conversation and allow visual connection. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, brief support between sessions or people who express themselves better in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives.