Lisa Wan

Lisa Wan offers a calm, person-focused style of counselling shaped by nearly a decade of client work. She combines listening with practical strategies to help people manage anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship difficulties. Her approach aims to make clients feel heard and supported while exploring what changes they want to make.

She trained originally as a Holistic Therapist in 1998 and later qualified as a person-centred counsellor. Over nine years she has provided counselling for local services including Leicester Woman’s Counselling Centre and First Step, which supports male survivors of sexual abuse and rape. This background gives her experience in working with complex trauma and a wide range of emotional concerns.

Her practice is integrative and tailored to each person. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in relationships and on trauma-focused methods when past harm is central. Mindfulness techniques and solution-focused steps are used to help people manage stress and find practical ways forward.

Lisa is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and follows its Ethical Framework. She attends ongoing professional development and receives monthly clinical supervision to support her work with clients.

She works with concerns such as grief, self-esteem, addiction, narcissism, workplace problems and chronic illness. Sessions are offered in English and international clients can be supported. Prospective clients are encouraged to check current session options before booking.

Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aiming to balance emotional understanding with clear steps for coping and change.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Lisa blends attachment-based and trauma-focused elements with practical, person-centred care. Attachment-based therapy looks at relationship patterns and helps people understand why they react the way they do in close relationships; it can be useful for issues like jealousy, intimacy problems and low self-esteem. Trauma-focused therapy gives space to go through distressing experiences at a pace that suits the client and supports recovery from abuse, dissociation and complex trauma.

She sees finding the right approach as a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals, past experiences and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and review progress as therapy continues.

If you are considering online sessions, check the current session options before booking as the original profile does not list formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing sessions during a lunch break. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed or let someone choose to work without being on camera. Registered or accredited professionals offering online work aim to adapt techniques so mindfulness exercises, attachment discussions and trauma processing still feel effective across distance.