Lisa Kaye

As I am an integrative counsellor I am not limited to one way of working. I believe we are all unique & I will tailor my approach to best meet your needs. I have experience in working with a vast range of issues, both short term, goal focussed or longer term and more in depth. 

I offer therapy in a safe, comfortable & confidential space from my practice in central Wakefield. My approach is primarily to listen and understand your position. I will offer you some challenge when noticing that you feel stuck or when we recognise repeating patterns. We will work together to understand you & your experiences & I will encourage you to consider your choices within this for your future. I approach therapy from a trauma informed perspective and I can help you to process historic or more recent traumatic experiences.

I am a qualified Dynamic Interpersonal Therapist (DIT), which is a brief psychodynamic approach and provides a helpful framework for therapy. DIT can be particularly helpful for us to gain understanding of how our past experiences are impacting on our lives and how we still feel today. 

I am a qualified EMDR practitioner and this helps me to provide safe and effective ways to help you to process traumatic experiences. This can mean moving forward from difficult life experiences without the imprint that can often be left when we experience trauma. 

I trained as a Supervisor at Leeds Centre for Psychological Development and I am able to offer Supervision sessions to counsellors from trainee level to qualified and experienced.

I trained as a Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) Supervisor at The Anna Freud Centre and I am able to offer Supervision sessions to DIT therapists from trainee to qualified and experienced.

In our first session, I will ask you to tell me about your current situation, some of your previous experiences and what you hoping to gain from therapy. I will  tell you more about how I work and what I would be able to offer you. We will complete this assessment session together, with the aim of working out whether I am the right therapist for you at this time. If we agree that therapy with me will meet your needs and will be beneficial, we will then schedule forwards.