Lisa Russo , PACFA

Lisa Russo is a PACFA counsellor based in Australia with ten years' experience supporting women through major life challenges. She offers a calm, listening presence and practical strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief and the aftermath of abuse. Her style is down-to-earth and focused on what will help clients feel steadier day to day.

Lisa runs an independent practice and provides a space where people can talk without judgement. Sessions combine listening with hands-on tools for emotional regulation, better sleep, and clearer decision-making. She aims to help clients build resilience and regain a sense of control.

Her work often addresses parenting stresses, self-esteem struggles and career-related pressure. Lisa also supports those coping with separation, blended family matters, adoption and foster care challenges, and long-term caregiving strain. She brings attention to attachment issues and the effects of trauma on relationships and day-to-day life.

Therapy with Lisa uses approaches that centre the client and focus on emotions, relationships and practical thinking skills. She draws on mindfulness exercises, emotion-focused techniques and cognitive behavioural tools to make change feel manageable. The pace is set by the person in the room, and goals are practical and measurable.

People choose Lisa when they want supportive guidance and clear strategies that fit busy lives. Her sessions aim to help clients feel heard, build confidence and discover steps they can use between sessions to keep moving forward.

How attachment, emotion work and CBT translate online

Attachment-based work pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns. In an online session this means noticing how people form trust, react to closeness and respond to stress, then practising new ways of relating within conversations. Emotion-focused therapy helps people sit with strong feelings, name them and understand what they are signalling. It supports healing after trauma, loss or relationship pain by gently working through emotions and their meaning. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going and introduces simple, practical experiments to change them. CBT is useful for anxiety, insomnia and managing low mood through step-by-step strategies.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, then try approaches that feel most useful. Clients and the counsellor check in regularly and adjust techniques so sessions match the person’s needs.

Online formats offer flexible ways to keep therapy going. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, parenting and other commitments while staying engaged with the therapeutic process.