Lisa Bell, BACP

Lisa Bell is a UK qualified integrative counsellor who brings a compassionate, strengths-based approach to her work. She holds a BA (Hons) first class degree - an undergraduate degree awarded with top honours - and has three years of professional experience supporting people through difficult life moments. Lisa has undertaken specialist training to assist clients with stress and anxiety, LGBTQ+ related concerns, and trauma and abuse. She also has experience addressing depression, bereavement, relationship difficulties, addiction, rape, and domestic abuse.

Lisa approaches each person as the expert of their own story and seeks to build on the resources they already possess. She frames the therapeutic relationship as a collaborative process in which courage and small steps lead toward greater wellbeing. Those who choose to work with her can expect empathetic support aimed at practical change, clearer understanding, and increased resilience as they navigate loss, relationship challenges, recovery, and other life transitions.

Integrative approaches and flexible online therapy options

Lisa Bell practices from an integrative counselling perspective, combining techniques and ideas drawn from multiple evidence-based sources to fit each client's needs. Integrative counselling focuses on understanding a person's history, patterns, and strengths and then using a blend of approaches to support change and growth - useful for relationship issues, depression, and challenges with self-esteem.

She also applies targeted evidence-based techniques designed to reduce stress and anxiety and to support recovery after traumatic experiences. These techniques aim to build coping skills, improve emotional regulation, and help clients process difficult memories in a paced and supportive way.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Lisa works collaboratively with clients to explore which methods feel most helpful, adjusting the focus and pace according to their goals, preferences, and life circumstances.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, or through live chat and text-based messaging - making it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or travel schedules. For many people this accessibility supports more consistent attendance and allows therapists and registered professionals to work together with clients across distances.