Liz Lisac

I am a registered Counsellor/Psychotherapist specialising in the treatment of emotional distress, anxiety, relational difficulties, grief and fertility issues.

So often in society we are left alone to deal with grief and loss. Whether it be loss of a loved one, divorce, miscarriage, failure of IVF  or loss of a job or role in life we can feel very isolated at a time we most need support. 

I believe that by talking about difficulties and challenges with a counsellor ,as well as feeling more supported and less alone, it  can help us understand ourselves more fully .

Often we have learnt patterns of relating and ways of coping that were necessary for us growing up but might no longer serve us so well.

Increasing our self awareness and self compassion can allow us to  have more choices in how we move forwards. 

I am an Integrative practitioner which means I employ a Relational counselling approach, integrating Psychodynamic and Humanistic therapy and Cognitive behavioural therapy.(CBT) This allows me to formulate a way of working with individuals best suited to their individual needs.  

I have worked with adults and young people in GP surgeries, and also in a university counselling setting and in Private Practice for over 20 years.

I have taught for many years on certificate counselling training courses and also on a counselling degree programme . 

I also offer clinical supervision for counsellors.

I am registered as a Counsellor/ Psychotherapist  with major health insurers.

I usually see people for either short term therapy [minimum 6 weeks ) or for more long term open-ended counselling .

Counselling sessions last for 50 minutes and are usually at the same time and day every week. 

The first session is usually 60 minutes long as we need to explore together what has brought you to counselling now and to gather important information about your past and present . This then will help me formulate with you how we can work together so that you can get the best from your counselling sessions. .

I am a an Integrative therapist and supervisor and I supervise qualified counsellors and therapists and also trainees.

My fundamental belief is that the relationship is crucial both in supervision and client work and I draw on Integrative theory and the Seven Eyed Model CSTD supervisory model to inform the way I work in supervision . 

My aim is to offer support for your work and to provide the space for you to feel able to bring your self and your client work in an ethical ,growthful way.

I work as a supervisor in private practice and for organisations and training programmes .

We would usually meet fortnightly for a 50 minute session either face to face or online.

In the initial session we will look at your hopes for supervision and past experiences of supervision and  explore the nature of your  current client work before we decide to contract to work together. 

It is really important that we explore how we might work together and your expectations.