Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elleson, PACFA

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elleson is a clinical psychotherapist with a decade of experience working across the public, NGO and private sectors in Australia. She brings a warm, creative and relational style to therapy that is trauma informed and client-centred, with a gentle emphasis on somatic mindfulness to help restore harmony between body and mind.

Her early clinical work as a drug and alcohol clinician exposed her to the close connection between addiction and unresolved early-childhood trauma. That experience guided further training in trauma-informed approaches, including mindfulness-integrated CBT, Internal Family Systems and Polyvagal Theory, and led to clinical work at Australia’s National Centre of Excellence supporting people with complex trauma and disability.

In that role she supported highly marginalised and neurodivergent communities, witnessing a wide range of emotional and behavioural responses to trauma. She now works in private practice in Melbourne and Sydney, specialising in helping highly sensitive people recover from complex trauma and offering coaching for people managing PMDD.

Lizzie holds PACFA credentials, reflecting membership in a national professional body for psychotherapists and counsellors in Australia. She tailors her approach to each person’s needs, and people who have worked with her often report greater peace with themselves, improved capacity for life’s challenges and more harmonious relationships. Lizzie describes her work as a partnership that supports inner transformation and practical recovery from stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, addictions, relationship and family issues, self-esteem and body image concerns, and other life changes.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elleson works from several trauma-informed approaches that translate well to online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client’s own experience, offering empathic, nonjudgmental support and helping people find their own solutions when coping with stress, relationships, grief or self-esteem concerns. Mindfulness Therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness and gentle body-mind practices that can reduce reactivity and support regulation for anxiety, trauma impacts and chronic stress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns formed in early relationships and how they shape current attachment, helping with abandonment, codependency, relationship and intimacy issues.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Lizzie collaborates with each person to identify what fits best with their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting techniques over time so therapy feels practical and responsive.

Online therapy with Lizzie is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible and accessible for people balancing work, family or health needs. These options allow ongoing therapy from home or elsewhere, support continuity of care and make it easier to integrate therapeutic practices into everyday life.