Lisa Badman-Dunphy, BACP

Lisa Badman-Dunphy is a BACP counsellor with a background of over 20 years working in the NHS and care settings before training in psychotherapy. She introduces herself simply and directly, offering a steady, non-judgemental space for people feeling overwhelmed, anxious, low or unsure about relationships and identity.

She draws on Psychodynamic Therapy to look at how past experiences influence present feelings and behaviour. Sessions aim to uncover repeating patterns, so people can make different choices. Conversations are calm and exploratory rather than prescriptive.

Lisa has experience across health visiting, sexual health, older persons mental health and special educational needs and disabilities. This earlier work informs how she listens and responds now in therapy. She brings a practical, compassionate manner to sessions.

Therapy is offered one-to-one and can be short-term or open-ended depending on what is needed. She works with weekly appointments as a typical rhythm and offers sessions online and by phone. Her approach is grounded, patient and curious about the root of difficulties.

Her core values are empathy, openness and respect. Lisa encourages people to talk through issues such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma, and life changes. She also names areas like body image, eating issues, parenting and career transitions as topics she can help explore.

Psychodynamic approaches and working online

Psychodynamic Therapy focuses on exploring how past experiences and early relationships influence current feelings and behaviour. It helps people understand repeating patterns in relationships, self-esteem and emotional responses so they can make different choices.

In sessions the emphasis is on open conversation and reflection rather than advice. The counsellor will listen for themes that recur in thoughts and feelings, and gently bring those patterns into awareness so the client can consider new ways of responding. This can help with anxiety, depression, grief and difficulties in intimacy and self-image.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide how to proceed based on their needs, goals and preferences. Together they can agree whether to work briefly on a specific problem or more openly over time.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around day-to-day life, saving travel time and keeping to a regular weekly rhythm. The biography notes that Lisa offers one-to-one therapy online and by phone, so confirm the exact session options when booking. Online work can make it easier to maintain continuity of sessions and to check in from different locations without needing to travel.