Lisa Dobinson
Practical, body-aware relational counselling
About Lisa
Lisa Dobinson supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting pressures, career uncertainty, depression, grief, self-esteem issues and major life changes. She introduces a calm, straightforward way of talking about hard things and helps people find clearer ways to cope. Lisa trained in Ireland and practiced in the United Kingdom for seven years.
She trained with Relate and holds a relational qualification that informs her work on relationship concerns. She also draws on systemic ideas to help people spot repeated family patterns that shape current behaviour.
Background and approach
Her background includes group-based training that sharpened her attention to body language. That awareness feeds into sessions by highlighting what is said out loud and what is communicated in posture and tone. She describes this as a somatic sensitivity that can make conversations more grounded.
Lisa works from an integrative humanistic perspective, combining person-centred and Gestalt influences. Sessions tend to focus on understanding what matters to the person and noticing how they respond in the moment. The aim is practical: to help people make small changes that feel manageable.
She keeps learning through continuing professional development and values seeking her own counselling to stay present for others. Lisa presents therapy as a collaborative process that respects the client as the expert on their life.
What Lisa works with
Sessions & fees
Approach and flexibility in online therapy
Lisa integrates person-centred work, which focuses on listening deeply and helping people make choices that fit their values. This approach helps when someone needs a non-judgemental space to talk through feelings and make sense of what matters to them.She also uses ideas from Gestalt therapy, which pays attention to present-moment experience and bodily signals. Gestalt techniques can help with anxiety, relationship patterns and becoming more aware of automatic reactions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss what is working and adapt methods to match your goals and preferences. Together you will test different ways of working and settle on what feels most useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is low, and messaging or chat can suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and other commitments while keeping therapeutic continuity.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
