Lisa Badman-Dunphy
Understanding roots to help you change
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About Lisa
Lisa Badman-Dunphy is a BACP counsellor with a background in health and social care spanning over two decades. She trained as a psychotherapeutic counsellor and now provides one-to-one work aimed at helping people understand what lies behind their feelings and behaviours. Lisa offers sessions online and by phone, usually weekly, and can work short term or open-ended to suit each person.
Before qualifying as a counsellor she spent more than 20 years working across the NHS and care sectors.
Background and approach
Her roles included health visiting, sexual health services, older persons mental health and support for people with special educational needs and disabilities. Those roles inform a practical, grounded approach in therapy. Her practice is suited to people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and life changes.
She also helps with relationship matters, intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem, grief, eating and parenting worries. Additional focus areas include ADHD, family of origin issues, attachment concerns and chronic illness or pain. Lisa uses psychodynamic therapy to look at how past experiences shape present patterns.
The aim is to bring often-hidden dynamics into view so people can make different choices. Sessions involve talking, reflection and noticing recurring themes in relationships and feelings. Her working style is open, respectful and non-judgemental.
She names empathy and respect as core values and seeks to create a space where people feel heard. Sessions are arranged via an online booking process and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 4
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 400913
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Lisa's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Lisa works with
Everything Lisa lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa lists
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How Lisa works online
This approach typically uses talk and reflection to make unconscious dynamics clearer. For example, a person might notice themes that repeat across relationships and then try new ways of responding. That work often suits people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief or relationship questions.
Finding the right way of working is a joint process. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together you will decide whether psychodynamic work, shorter-term work or another focus will best help you move forward.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and avoiding travel time. Online and phone sessions can make it easier to keep regular weekly appointments and to check in from work or home when time is limited. Please confirm the exact session options available before booking so you know what formats are offered.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Lisa commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and life changes as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues. Other areas include grief, eating concerns, parenting, ADHD and long-standing family of origin issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is psychodynamic, which focuses on understanding how past experiences shape current feelings and behaviour. Sessions involve talk, reflection and identifying repeating patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of experience as a psychotherapeutic counsellor and over 20 years of prior work in NHS and care sector roles.
What professional credentials and location apply?
She is BACP registered and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently taking international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers one-to-one therapy online and by phone. Confirm the current session options when you book to ensure they meet your needs.
How does charging work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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