About Caralisa
Caralisa Alvis of Lee welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship pain or difficult life changes. She works with individuals struggling with trauma, parenting strain, anger and self-esteem issues. Caralisa aims to help people feel heard and more able to face everyday challenges.
Caralisa has four years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps and understanding what is getting in the way of feeling better. Her approach blends body-focused work with talk therapy. Somatic techniques are used alongside attachment and client-centred ways of working to notice how stress shows up in the body and relationships.
Cognitive tools are also available to help change unhelpful thinking patterns. Caralisa has worked with people affected by domestic abuse, childhood trauma, grief, addiction and complex feelings like guilt or shame. She also supports parents coping with caregiver stress and family tensions.
Her goal is to help people build coping skills and clearer ways of relating. Sessions are offered in English and are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Caralisa encourages a collaborative process where the person sets goals and pace, and she adjusts the approach to suit each individual.
How somatic and attachment approaches work online
Caralisa draws on Somatic Therapy to help people notice how stress and trauma show up in the body. This can mean gentle attention to breath, bodily sensations and grounding techniques to reduce overwhelm. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early interactions shape current ways of relating, which helps when dealing with trust, abandonment or family issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Caralisa will listen to a person's goals and preferences and then suggest a mix of methods that suit them. The plan is collaborative so it can change as progress is made and as needs shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. This range lets people fit therapy around family life, work or other commitments and keeps continuity when travel or location is a factor. Using multiple formats also allows practical exercises and somatic coaching to continue between live meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English