Lisa Wan

Lisa Wan is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She brings nine years of counselling experience and a gentle, person-centred presence to sessions. People come to her with stress, anxiety, anger and trauma-related concerns and with life changes that feel overwhelming.

She trained first as a Holistic Therapist in 1998 and later qualified as a person-centred counsellor. Over the last nine years she has worked with organisations that support women and male survivors of sexual abuse and rape, and has built experience with depression, addictions and complex trauma. She attends continuing professional development and specialist workshops to keep her practice current.

In practice she uses an integrative, individually tailored approach. That means the focus and techniques vary with each person’s needs. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at repeating relationship patterns and on mindfulness to help with stress and strong emotions.

Sessions are described as empathic and non-judgemental, aiming to create a calm space to talk things through. She also uses solution-focused techniques for practical steps when people want short-term plans to try between sessions.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including grief, sleeping problems, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, compassion fatigue, chronic pain and workplace difficulties. People seeking support from different countries may be able to arrange sessions, and English is used for therapy.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Lisa uses attachment-based thinking to help people notice repeating relationship patterns and how those patterns affect feelings like anger or anxiety. This approach focuses on exploring past and current relationship experiences to make sense of reactions and build different ways of relating.

She also works in a client-centred way, offering an accepting and empathetic listening space where people can speak openly about their worries. That style helps when someone needs time to make sense of painful events without pressure. Mindfulness techniques are used to teach simple breathing and grounding practices that reduce stress and help manage intense emotions between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and will shape sessions accordingly. This collaborative planning means practical techniques and longer-term reflection can be balanced to suit the person.

Please confirm the available session options before booking, since formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow sessions from a comfortable spot. It also means shorter check-ins can be arranged when needed and mindfulness exercises can be practised between meetings.