Lisa Kinsella, BACP

Lisa Kinsella is a person-centred counsellor with a BSc (Hons), an EMDR practitioner, and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She offers client-led sessions that prioritise each person’s experience, creating a non-judgemental environment where thoughts and feelings can be explored at a comfortable pace.

Her practice focuses on helping people navigate relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, ADHD, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, intimacy concerns, and self-esteem issues. She also works with those affected by abandonment, adoption and foster care experiences, attachment differences, and people living with additional learning needs or attending non-mainstream education settings. Alongside her private work, Lisa supports young people in alternative provision and brings practical experience of working with the effects of domestic abuse and narcissistic behaviour.

Sessions are designed to empower clients to identify their own solutions and build personal resilience. Lisa is experienced in adapting her approach to individual needs and welcomes conversations about availability, including evening appointments by request. She accepts international clients and invites anyone considering counselling to get in touch to discuss whether her way of working might suit their needs.

Practical therapeutic approaches for online support

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on placing the client at the centre of the work. The therapist offers empathy and acceptance while the client leads the conversation, making this approach well suited to relationship concerns, self-esteem work, and coping with life transitions.

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, is a method used to help people process distressing memories and reduce their ongoing emotional impact. It is commonly used for trauma and abuse-related difficulties and can be adapted for remote delivery by experienced practitioners.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Lisa works collaboratively with clients to identify what fits best. Together they consider the client’s goals, preferences, and the nature of the issues being addressed to shape a personalised plan.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or those living outside the therapist’s immediate area. These options make it easier to maintain continuity, schedule evening appointments when needed, and access support from different locations while working with registered professionals and therapists.