Lisa Wan , BACP

Lisa Wan offers a gentle, client-centred approach that focuses on emotional safety and practical steps. She draws on attachment-informed work and mindfulness to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief and complex trauma. Lisa is a BACP counsellor with nine years of counselling experience and a long history of supporting wellbeing through talking therapies.

She began work as a holistic therapist in 1998 and later moved into person-centred counselling. Over time her practice became integrative, blending approaches to match each person's needs. That means sessions may include grounding practices, attention to how relationships shape feelings, and short-term practical goals.

Lisa has worked with organisations supporting survivors of sexual abuse and with a women’s counselling centre, giving her experience with trauma, depression and anxiety. She also supports people coping with chronic pain, workplace stress, compassion fatigue and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.

Sessions are offered in English and can be delivered through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Lisa works in line with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy ethical framework and attends regular clinical supervision.

People meet Lisa for straightforward, calm conversations where the focus is on what matters right now. She aims to help clients feel listened to, reduce distressing symptoms and find clearer ways to move forward.

How Lisa's approaches work online

Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and behaviour. Online sessions use that lens to notice patterns in how people connect, which can help with anxiety, intimacy-related issues and recovering from trauma.

Client-centred therapy focuses on empathic listening and the person's own pace. In remote sessions this means the counsellor offers a steady, non-judgemental space where clients can talk things through and make sense of difficult emotions.

Mindfulness practices are simple attention exercises that help reduce overwhelming thoughts and increase calm. These techniques can be shared in a video call or sent as short exercises to use between sessions to support sleep, stress and emotional regulation.

Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals, preferences and day-to-day needs, then agree a plan together. That collaborative process can include trying different methods and adjusting them over time.

Online sessions offer flexibility for people juggling work, health or caregiving responsibilities. Video calls allow face-to-face connection, phone sessions need less bandwidth, and chat or text messaging can suit brief check-ins or weeks when a full session is harder to fit in. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to work therapy into a busy life.