Testimonials
JAMIE
“I am now a more authentic version of myself, that is to say that I live in greater accordance with my own needs and desires, rather than applying my mind to rationalise outcomes I am not genuinely happy with. ”
I spent almost a year and a half with Lisa as my therapist. Upon reflection it was quite a bleak period in my life (not because of Lisa lol) and I dread to think where I'd be now without her help. As well as providing me with perspective, compassion, and validation to help me move through the challenges I faced, she helped me develop as a person. Where I used to consider myself a brain with a body, I recognise there is more going on than what the voice in my head thinks. Previously my thoughts always trumped my feelings and determined my decisions, I now have more emotional intelligence and am willing to trust my instinct and intuition, rather than only trying to calculate the optimum outcome.
I am now a more authentic version of myself, that is to say that I live in greater accordance with my own needs and desires, rather than applying my mind to rationalise outcomes I am not genuinely happy with. These are major changes that I needed to make. I could go on but ultimately, the time I spent in therapy with Lisa was profoundly beneficial, I have undergone a considerable amount of personal growth and am extremely grateful for everything.
EMMANUELLA
“Lisa was wonderfully empathetic and quickly figured me out”
When I first met Lisa, I was at the lowest point I had ever been in my life. I found myself in a deep quagmire, stuck in a severe depression without the ability to see a way out. I was truly hopeless and in an act of final depression looked up therapy. My expectations were low and I was unsure how well I could relate to my therapist, but deep down all I really needed was to feel like somebody would listen, understand and be on my side.
Almost immediately, Lisa was that person for me. She was incredibly reactive to what I was going through; quickly able to both draw me and give me the space I needed to feel safe to really open up to another human being for the first time in my life. Lisa was wonderfully empathetic and quickly figured me out; she understood my pressure/trigger points and also my strengths and weaknesses and used different techniques to help me investigate my thoughts and emotions and find pragmatic solutions to deal with them as they appear. I liked that she used books, art, music and meditation at various points through our journey to help me express myself further after years of bottling everything inside. I now use quiet reflection myself when overwhelmed; keeping my feet grounded, breathing deep and assuring all aspects of my emotions that I would listen to them one by one.
I was worried at first as we are ethnically and culturally different and those things have had an incredible impact on my mental health and I needed to know my therapist could understand those things about me. My concerns were quickly appeased because Lisa was able to follow and understand everything and even make inferences and connections that I had missed or overlooked. One incredibly important aspect of her skills is her ability to support and guide but crucially make way for me to find the answers myself. Our sessions were not just there for me to have a good cry only, but to do some practical inner work and she is very good at keeping me on track. Her trust and belief in me allowed me to learn to trust and believe in myself again.
Lisa is very good at “speaking in my language”, by which I mean appealing to the way my internal dialogues with myself tend to occur. Sometimes it’s difficult to absorb someone else’s meaning if their “voice” is something you are unused to, but Lisa spoke in a way I could understand - using metaphors, descriptions, allegories and imagery that really appealed to me and my personal rhetoric. I very much appreciated her way of challenging some of the ways I thought about myself or my situation so that I don’t just automatically fall into negative thought patterns.
My greatest take away from our sessions (other than the practical techniques to be able to build new positive muscle memory) is how she taught me compassion for my inner child, grace for my awkward teenager and love and trust in the woman I am now.
SHARON
“Sessions with Lisa were about tuning in with myself and recognising how certain situations made me FEEL - this was completely alien to me, I persevered, sometimes with pain but quite often with joy and laughter.”
I met with Lisa for approximately two years, not long after 'lockdown' - which, in my case, was both a blessing and a curse. I enjoyed some very much deserved 'ME' time but also suffered bereavement and family crisis during this time.
Meeting with Lisa soon had me realise that many of the feelings I was experiencing were things that I had long ago buried. Getting in touch with these feelings soon had me unravelling a multitude of suppressed emotions and sensations - paramount to me was my discovery of how I had suppressed JOY. An emotion which I was not allowed to express or feel for most of my life, often resulting in resentful behaviours.
Through meditation, breathing, talking, word association, chakra exploration, significance of symbolism and much much more.......... I discovered and explored characteristics of myself which were long ago buried resulting in distorted (to me and myself) beliefs and behaviours.
Recognising symptoms to feelings is a skill which I have picked up over this past two years with Lisa - acknowledging (not always appreciating) the sensation instead of shutting it down!!
I soon realised that my whole being was blocked - I had shut down and hidden so much 'stuff' that I was not allowing myself to have the much needed JOY in my life. Many sessions with Lisa were about tuning in with myself and recognising how certain situations made me FEEL - this was completely alien to me, I persevered, sometimes with pain but quite often with joy and laughter. Lisa is a knowledgeable person with wisdom way beyond her years.
JOANNE
“I cannot recommend Lisa highly enough, she really has helped open my eyes and guided me to make some vital improvements in my life.”
I have been working with Lisa for well over 2 years now and I cannot express my gratitude enough on the changes she has helped to bring about in my life.
Since we started I have learned so much about listening to my body, understanding my emotions, developing skills and methods to move forward during difficult times as well as some amazing visualisation and body work…not to mention feeling truly listened to and understood.
I have learned so much from Lisa who is so kind, patient and understanding. I cannot recommend Lisa highly enough, she really has helped open my eyes and guided me to make some vital improvements in my life. I am forever grateful to her.