Lisa Badman-Dunphy, BACP

Lisa Badman-Dunphy is a BACP-registered psychotherapeutic counsellor who trained after more than two decades working across the NHS and other care providers. Before qualifying as a counsellor she supported people in health visiting, sexual health services, older persons mental health, and special educational needs and disabilities. This background informs a practical, empathetic approach to complex life challenges.

Since qualifying, she has practised as a counsellor for four years and focuses on exploring the roots of emotions, thoughts, and behaviours through psychodynamic work. She helps people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, identity questions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and the sense of being overwhelmed by life changes. By attending to unconscious patterns and past experiences, her work seeks to increase self-awareness and support meaningful change.

Her therapeutic stance is warm, non-judgmental, and respectful. Core values of empathy, openness, and respect shape a space where clients can explore motivations, attachment patterns, and recurring relationship dynamics. Lisa offers one-to-one therapy by phone and online, typically meeting once a week, and can work either short-term or in a more open-ended way depending on need.

She is connected with communities including BIPOC, body positivity, open-relationships and ethical non-monogamy, LGBTQIA+, and sex-positive groups. Lisa is not currently accepting new clients.