About Lisa
Lisa Studdert is an ACA counsellor practising from Australia with five years' experience in mental health settings. She brings calm and steady support and focuses on what each person needs right now. Lisa aims to make therapy feel manageable and clear for people who are dealing with ongoing stress, anxiety or relationship strain.
Her background includes work in emergency mental health care, which shaped a calm, present approach when emotions run high.
Background and approach
Lisa uses a person-centred style that pays attention to attachment and emotion, and she values working with how a person's body and nervous system respond to stress. Sessions usually mix practical skills and gentle exploration. Clients can expect ways to notice patterns, try small experiments and practice new responses between sessions.
Lisa draws on cognitive and behavioural techniques to shift unhelpful thinking, and on acceptance-based ideas to help people live alongside difficult feelings without getting stuck. She also offers approaches that focus on emotional connection and attachment patterns, helping people untangle repeated relational cycles.
For those who identify as autistic or neurodivergent, Lisa aims to adapt pacing and strategies so therapy fits how their brain works rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all method. Lisa is experienced supporting people coping with trauma, self-esteem struggles, ADHD-related challenges, chronic health impacts, caregiver stress and communication problems.
Her style is warm, steady and non-judgemental, with clear steps and practical tools to try between sessions.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting trapped by them and to take small steps toward what matters. It is useful for persistent anxiety, low motivation and stress that interferes with everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety and mood concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early connection styles shape current responses, which can help when communication and trust repeatedly break down.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs and preferences, and can adapt pacing and techniques as therapy progresses. This means strategies may shift over time as new insights emerge.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or suit lower bandwidth, while live chat and messaging offer quick reflection or ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options give flexibility for different days and different energy levels, and allow people to access appropriately qualified therapists from wherever they are located in Australia.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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