Counsellor profile
Lisa Badman-Dunphy, BACP
BACP psychotherapeutic counsellor - family and parenting focus
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- Psychodynamic therapy
- One-to-one phone sessions
- Parenting support
About Lisa
Lisa Badman-Dunphy is a BACP registered psychotherapeutic counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of counselling experience. She previously worked for over 20 years in the care sector, including health visiting, sexual health, older persons mental health and special educational needs and disabilities. She helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, parenting strains, grief, trauma and life changes.
She offers one-to-one therapy by phone and online, usually meeting once a week. Sessions can be arranged as brief work or as an open-ended exploration depending on what feels most useful. Her practice welcomes people from diverse communities including BIPOC, body-positive, LGBTQIA+ and ethical non-monogamy networks.
As a psychotherapeutic counsellor she focuses on the roots of emotions, thoughts and behaviour. She looks for unconscious patterns that influence current life and relationships. Talking through these patterns can make recurring difficulties clearer and more manageable.
In sessions she aims to be open and respectful and to listen without judgement. Practical topics often covered include intimacy-related worries, parenting stress, workplace pressure and identity questions. She also works with areas such as eating and body image concerns, attachment and abandonment issues, and chronic illness and caregiving strain.
Her background in NHS-related roles informs a practical approach to everyday problems. Prospective clients should check current session options and scheduling details before booking a first meeting. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial appointment.
How sessions work
Psychodynamic approaches and remote counselling
Lisa uses psychodynamic therapy to look at how early relationships and past experiences influence current feelings and reactions. This approach helps with issues such as attachment problems, abandonment feelings, intimacy concerns and persistent patterns in relationships.She frames sessions as a collaborative process. Together the client and counsellor discuss what is causing distress and try different ways of working to find the best fit. The therapist will review goals and methods as work progresses and adapt the approach to the client’s needs.
Practical benefits of working remotely include fitting sessions around parenting and work, avoiding travel time, and making it easier to keep regular weekly meetings. Phone sessions can be useful when a shorter check-in is needed or when video is not preferred. Specific session formats should be confirmed before booking so arrangements match the client’s routine and access needs.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or family-related issues, including parenting, grief, trauma and eating concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is psychodynamic. She focuses on how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings and behaviour.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of counselling experience and over 20 years prior work in health visiting, sexual health, older persons mental health and special educational needs and disabilities.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is BACP registered and practises in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
She offers one-to-one therapy online and by phone. Confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a 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.
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