Counsellor profile
Lisa Papas, ACA
ACA counsellor - Relationship and family concerns
Continue with LisaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and grief
- ACT and CBT approaches
About Lisa
Lisa Papas is an ACA counsellor based in Australia with 30 years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, life changes, compassion fatigue and addiction. Lisa also helps people with relationship and family concerns, intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career worry and depression.
Her work often includes people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, attachment matters and blended family stress. She also supports those managing chronic illness, cancer, caregiver strain and ageing concerns. Lisa is experienced with communication problems, codependency and commitment issues that affect daily life.
Her style is primarily client-centred, with practical use of cognitive behavioural strategies and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at relationship patterns. Existential perspectives are used where people are questioning meaning and direction.
Sessions focus on listening and helping the client tell their story. Lisa aims to be respectful and sensitive in her responses. She works alongside people to identify steps they can try between sessions and to build coping strategies for hard moments.
People considering therapy are invited to complete a short questionnaire and schedule an initial session to see how the work fits their needs. Membership and practice are recorded as ACA, Australian Counselling Association.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and values, and taking practical steps toward what matters. It can help with anxiety, grief and life changes by clarifying priorities and small actions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers simple strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It works well for stress, sleep problems and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and communication, which can be useful for relationship and family concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with the client to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative planning may combine elements from ACT, CBT and attachment work depending on the issue at hand.
The original profile does not list specific online formats, so confirm session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also suit people who prefer to attend from a quiet place with fewer disruptions or who need sessions outside standard business hours. Appropriately qualified counsellors will help you decide how to use online sessions so they fit your routine and therapeutic aims.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What types of problems does she work with?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, life changes, addictions, relationship and family concerns, intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career and depression.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centred and practical, often using cognitive behavioural techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with attachment ideas where relevant.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of professional work experience in Australia.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is recorded as ACA, Australian Counselling Association, and works from Australia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription 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.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.