Lisa Badman-Dunphy, BACP
Calm, reflective counselling for everyday parenting challenges
Book with Lisa- Years in practice
- 4
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Lisa
Lisa Badman-Dunphy is a BACP counsellor who brings four years of counselling experience to her online practice. She works in plain language and offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk. Lisa aims to help people who feel overwhelmed, anxious, low or unsure about their relationships and roles as parents.
Her background includes more than two decades working across health visiting, sexual health, older persons mental health and special educational needs and disabilities within the NHS and other care settings.
Background and approach
That experience shaped her practical approach and informed the kinds of concerns she often sees. Lisa uses psychodynamic therapy to help people understand how past experiences affect present feelings and behaviour. Sessions focus on noticing repeated patterns, discussing motivations and making small changes that feel manageable.
She offers one-to-one work online or by phone, usually meeting weekly. She often supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, intimacy questions, grief, trauma, eating concerns, career changes and parenting challenges. Additional areas Lisa pays attention to include attachment, abandonment, blended family issues and communication problems.
Her practice welcomes people from diverse backgrounds including LGBTQIA+ and body-positive communities. Sessions are conducted in English and are arranged via a subscription plan that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
What Lisa works with
Everything Lisa lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lisa helps people with.
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Psychodynamic insight and flexible online support
Psychodynamic therapy looks at how early relationships and past experiences shape current feelings and behaviour. It involves talking through memories, recurring patterns and emotional responses to help make sense of why certain issues keep happening, and it can be useful for anxiety, low mood, relationship concerns and parenting stresses.Lisa offers one-to-one work online and by phone and uses psychodynamic ideas to guide the conversation. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process - she will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adapt sessions to fit what helps most in practice.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins and text messaging can fit around busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family and caring schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.
Questions people ask about Lisa
What kinds of concerns does Lisa support?
She helps with stress, anxiety, low mood, self-esteem and parenting challenges, plus relationship and intimacy-related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Lisa works in a reflective, talk-based way using psychodynamic ideas to uncover patterns from past experience that affect current life.
What is her professional background?
Before qualifying as a counsellor she had over 20 years working in NHS and care settings, including health visiting and older persons mental health.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is BACP registered and based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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