Lisa Guy, BACP

Lisa Guy offers a warm, supportive and non-judgemental counselling approach that helps people explore their thoughts, feelings and life experiences. She creates space for clients to make sense of change and difficulty, working alongside them to build clearer understanding and a stronger sense of self-worth. Her aim is to support personal development and growth so clients can move toward a more fulfilling life.

She works integratively, drawing from person-centred, humanistic and psychodynamic models and tailoring techniques to each person’s needs. This flexible approach allows clients to explore issues at their own pace, whether they are seeking help with relationships, self-esteem, career concerns, depression or coping with major life changes. She also addresses communication and family problems, forgiveness, loneliness, self-love and workplace challenges.

Before training in counselling, Lisa spent 19 years working in IT and has earlier experience in retail and market research. Those roles helped her develop an understanding of workplace pressures and how professional life can affect personal wellbeing. She also gained mentoring experience within IT and volunteered at Norwood and Brixton Foodbank, which informed her commitment to working with people from diverse backgrounds.

Lisa is an integrative counsellor with a CPCAB Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling - a recognised diploma in counselling - and is a Registered Member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She is working toward full accreditation as a counsellor.

Integrative approaches and online therapy

Lisa commonly uses person-centred and psychodynamic approaches in her work. Person-centred therapy focuses on listening with empathy and helping people explore their feelings and values so they can build self-understanding and self-worth - it is often helpful for issues like low self-esteem, relationship difficulties and life transitions. Psychodynamic work explores patterns in thoughts and relationships that developed over time, helping people gain insight into recurring emotional difficulties such as depression, anxiety or long-standing relationship problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Lisa works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts techniques as the work progresses so therapy remains relevant and practical.

Online therapy with Lisa is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit support around work, family and daily life. These options increase flexibility and accessibility, allowing people to attend sessions from home or other convenient locations while maintaining a consistent therapeutic relationship with a licensed professional.