Lisa Ward, BACP

Lisa Ward offers a compassionate, listening-centered approach for people who have reached a point of - enough - and want to address what is no longer working in their lives. She encourages people to notice how doubts, worries, trauma, and habitual behaviours can quietly take over, and she provides a professional space where those experiences can be explored honestly and without fear of harming personal relationships.

In her work Lisa emphasises the value of being truly heard. Within the boundaries of a therapeutic relationship she supports clients to express difficult thoughts and feelings, to begin to make sense of their struggles, and to find ways to survive, renew, and grow. Her style draws on client-centered principles that prioritise empathy and the client’s own perspective, combined with trauma-focused therapy for those affected by past harm.

In addition to maintaining a private practice, Lisa has many years of experience working within Domestic Abuse Services, and she specialises in trauma-focused therapy. She also works across a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, depression, grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and family concerns, intimacy-related issues, and neurodiversity-related topics such as ADHD.

Her formal training includes a CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies, CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills, and a Level 6 qualification in Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling with a trauma-informed approach. She holds a BACP Certificate of Proficiency and is a BACP accredited counsellor and psychotherapist - BACP being the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom. Lisa has also completed continuing professional development in areas such as Trauma Informed Therapy, rape crisis work, online practice, eating disorders, anxiety and OCD treatments, self harm, trauma recovery, grief work, and supporting victims of domestic and honour based abuse.