- Client-Centred Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Guilt and shame support
About Lisa
Lisa Arlington is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with eight years of experience. She works with adults on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression and coping with life changes. Lisa also addresses issues such as guilt and shame alongside attachment and communication problems.
She trained as a counsellor after becoming a parent and has continued in practice for several years. Lisa uses straightforward conversation to help people make sense of what matters to them. She encourages clients to name their strengths and to notice what gets in the way of decisions they want to make.
In sessions she listens for patterns that keep repeating in relationships and family life. She helps people look at difficult past events, including trauma and loss, and at how those events affect current choices and feelings. That includes working through feelings of guilt, shame, emptiness and abandonment.
Lisa works with individuals and with couples to address common problems such as communication breakdown, commitment worries, blended family stress and divorce or separation. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress and the practical strains of life changes.
Her practical approach draws on client-centred ways of working alongside solution-focused methods. That means most sessions concentrate on what matters most now, while also valuing the person’s own experience and knowledge. To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire and arrange a first session to see how the work feels.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and costs vary with location. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
How Lisa brings client-centred and solution-focused work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The counsellor reflects what is said, supports the person's own perspective, and helps them identify their own strengths and priorities. This approach suits issues where people need space to make sense of guilt, shame or difficult feelings.Solution-Focused Therapy targets specific, achievable changes. Sessions set small goals and notice what works already in daily life. This can be helpful for coping with life changes, communication problems, or getting through a hard period after loss or separation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lisa will discuss how these ways of working fit a person's needs, goals and preferences and will adjust the focus as the sessions progress. That choice is collaborative and based on what the client wants to address first.
Confirm the exact session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also be useful when someone prefers not to use video, or needs sessions that suit a break at work or quieter surroundings. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists generally work with clients to find the practical set-up that fits everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of relationship and family issues does she address?
Lisa helps people with communication problems, commitment worries, blended family stress, divorce and separation, and wider family of origin issues.
How does she approach guilt and shame in sessions?
She uses client-centred listening alongside solution-focused steps to help name the feelings and look for small practical changes that ease the burden of guilt and shame.
What experience does she bring to this work?
She has eight years of counselling experience in the United Kingdom and developed an interest in counselling after becoming a parent.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and costs vary with location.
How do I begin if I want to book a session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.