A Bit More About Me
I wanted to become a counsellor as I wanted to be the person I knew I needed when I was younger. Someone who creates a space where you can truly feel like yourself and feel heard, seen, and understood.
I studied Psychology for my undergraduate degree and that was swiftly followed by a Master in Clinical Counselling. I am registered with the BACP and more than half a decade of experience working with relational and sexual trauma, with predominant of my experience coming from working at a sexual trauma organisation that offered free counselling sessions to those affected by historic or recent sexual trauma.
I specifically work with the person-centred approach and try to integrate them with different ways of therapeutic work to adjust the counselling experience to you and your specific needs. This ensures your needs are supported in a safe, trauma-informed, and personalised manner.
Humans tend to sometimes lose a sense of self due to their environment and experiences that could have been negative. But losing a sense of self does also mean you can find it again. Humans can heal and grow, and can get back to the most truest and authentic sense of self. That's why I create a space that feels comfortable, safe, and real, where my clients can feel seen, heard, and understood - which leads them to come back to themselves and feel reconnected to who they are.
Through a relational approach, I ensure we work at a pace that works to keep you safe and connected. With the relationship at the core of the session, it helps you feel safe within relationships as you work on a better, more understood you.
Whether the sessions are online worldwide or face-to-face in Swindon, the work will focus on you getting back to yourself and feeling less lost and hurt by your past experiences. With each session, we soften the noise and move from just surviving to now thriving.
Behind The Scenes of LDO Counselling
In general, I found it really helpful and positive to discuss things with Lisa, that I haven't opened up about before. I think this means she was able to create an environment that I felt safe to talk in even when there were some very difficult and uncomfortable discussions.
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