Counsellor profile
Lisa Kinsella, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - Relationships and trauma
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 391807
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Person Centred
- EMDR practitioner
- Solution-Focused work
About Lisa
Lisa Kinsella is a BACP-registered counsellor with six years' experience based in the United Kingdom. She works with people who are struggling with relationships, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, coping with life changes, and issues linked to mood, addiction and stress. Lisa also lists codependency among her focus areas and supports people facing problems around boundaries and people-pleasing.
Her practice uses a Person Centred approach where the client leads the conversation. Sessions are built around what the person brings, with the counsellor listening and reflecting back to help clarify thoughts and feelings. Lisa also draws on EMDR for trauma-focused work and solution-focused techniques when clear, short-term goals are helpful.
Lisa has experience working with young people in alternative provision and with people who have additional learning needs. She has worked with survivors of domestic abuse and with people affected by narcissistic behaviour, and brings that experience into adult counselling sessions. She aims to help people understand how past patterns affect current choices and relationships.
Sessions tend to be practical and conversational. Lisa helps people talk through difficult moments, practise saying no, and try different ways of handling stressful situations. She offers evening appointments by request and asks people to get in touch to discuss scheduling.
To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Lisa accepts international clients and conducts work in English.
How sessions work
How Lisa brings her approaches to online work
Lisa uses a Person Centred approach which means the client leads the conversation and the counsellor reflects back what they hear to help clarify feelings and choices. This approach suits people who need space to sort out priorities, make decisions, and practise saying no.She also practises Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, or EMDR, which is a trauma-focused method that aims to reduce the intensity of painful memories. EMDR can be used for people dealing with abuse, attachment wounds or long-standing distress related to past events.
Solution-Focused methods are used when someone wants targeted, short-term work to reach a specific goal. These techniques focus on small, practical steps and on identifying what already helps the person cope.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and agree a path based on the person's needs, goals and preferences rather than assuming one method fits all.
The biography does not list specific online or in-person formats, so please confirm the available session types before booking. Online sessions can make fitting counselling into a busy life easier, for example by avoiding travel, allowing shorter check-ins or by letting people join from wherever they are at the scheduled time. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can adapt techniques like EMDR and solution-focused tasks to work in remote sessions when appropriate.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of relationship issues does she support?
She works with relationship concerns including intimacy-related issues, codependency, commitment and control problems.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her work is Person Centred, so sessions are client led and focus on the person's experience and goals.
What experience does she bring to trauma work?
She has six years' experience and has worked with survivors of domestic abuse and people affected by narcissistic behaviour.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I'm not in the UK or speak another language?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with her practice?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.