About Lisa
Lisa Mackinnon is an Accredited Social Worker with 17 years of counselling experience based in Australia. She works with people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger or trauma. Her style is calm and direct, helping clients find small, doable steps when things feel heavy.
Lisa uses a person-centred way of working that starts with listening. She aims to validate each person’s experience and build on their strengths.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical tools and simple strategies that can ease day-to-day distress. Somatic approaches are part of her practice. That means attention to how the body holds stress and trauma, alongside talking through thoughts and feelings.
She also uses solution-focused ideas to help people identify clear goals and notice quick wins. Lisa has experience helping people manage panic, dissociation, shame, loneliness and social anxiety. She supports people working through post-traumatic stress, self-harm urges, and the aftermath of loss or abuse.
Her work often combines emotion-focused techniques with grounding and body-based practices. Clients can expect a collaborative pace. Sessions explore what is most useful now and adapt as things change.
Lisa aims to help people make sense of their struggles, reduce distress, and find ways to reconnect with what matters to them.
How her approaches work online
Somatic Therapy notices how stress and trauma show up in the body. Online sessions can include gentle grounding, breath work and movement awareness to help reduce physical tension and intense feelings. This approach is useful for people who feel stuck in bodily reactions to stress or trauma.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters to the individual. The therapist follows the person’s pace, offers validation and helps clarify goals. This approach supports people who want a calm, non-judgemental space to make sense of their situation.
She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to identify clear, short-term goals and small steps forward. That can help when someone is looking for practical change rather than long, exploratory work.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods feel most helpful based on their needs, goals and preferences. Plans are reviewed and adapted as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and body-based exercises, while phone sessions remove the need for video. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work from home or wherever the person is comfortable.
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- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English