Lisa RowleyBACP

Lisa Rowley is a counsellor with six years of practical experience. She works with adults and young people, offering calm, patient support for stress, anxiety, grief and low mood. She aims to make the first step easier for someone who is worried or unsure about getting help.

She creates a non-judgemental space where people can say what is on their mind. Conversations focus on what matters to the individual and on finding realistic steps forward. Lisa listens for the patterns and difficulties that keep problems going and then helps to try different ways of coping.

Her background includes private practice and school-based work with young people affected by domestic abuse. That experience informs a gentle, steady approach when people bring painful or traumatic memories. Practical tools are combined with time to reflect and make sense of feelings.

Common issues she supports include relationships, family stress, addiction concerns, sleep problems and work-related strain. She also helps with attachment worries, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and financial concerns that affect wellbeing.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person’s needs. Lisa aims to help people build clearer choices and small, manageable changes. The emphasis is on respect, sensitivity and compassion throughout the work.

Therapeutic approaches and online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience, helping them to explore feelings at their own pace and build self-directed change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical strategies for managing anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, is a structured approach used to help people process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss each option and agree together which methods to try based on the client's needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative planning can change over time as progress is reviewed.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for quieter, focused conversations from a familiar setting. It can also make some shorter check-ins more practical and remove the need to be on site for every appointment.