Lisa Woolrich

I am currently not accepting any new clients  

Hello and a warm welcome to my profile.

Life doesn’t get better by chance, it gets better by change.

My curiosity lies within exploring your current challenges, what may be keeping you in the past, what may be enabling your current struggles and how you can utilise your strengths to help you to move forward. Life can be difficult to navigate, it provides opportunities but it is sometimes not an easy road to travel. It is during these challenging times when you may feel that you would like an opportunity to talk to someone, in a non-judgmental, confidential space. To be heard and understood, whilst also being open to gentle challenges.

Within my 22 years of counselling experience, I have worked in a variety of Registered Charities, as a Counsellor working with Adults, Children and Young People. I have also been afforded the opportunity to be a Counselling Team Manager and a Qualified Counselling Supervisor.

My personal life experience has provided me with an opportunity to experience both good and poor emotional wellbeing. As a human, we are all susceptible to experience a range of emotional difficulties, none of us are immune to mental health. I believe that my experience has enabled me to develop an empathy and gain a better understanding of my clients journey. Counselling helped me to gain perspective and to become aware of the importance of self-care and self-compassion. In exploring my difficulties and obtaining an understanding my coping mechanisms (some of which were negative) and by challenging my assumptive thinking, I was able to achieve a better understanding and able challenge myself to do something different. Perhaps counselling could do the same for you too.

I offer an integrative approach, drawing on a number of therapeutic approaches. I recognise that a one-size-fits-all therapy approach does not meet the needs of individuals, so I will work with you to find out how I can best support you. My approach includes self-directed goals, creativity and CBT techniques. I am also a qualified LEGO Therapist.

I understand how important it is to find the right therapist for you, or your child. For this reason, I offer a free 30 minute telephone consultation, to allow you to ask me any questions and to enable an opportunity to experience how we may work together, before you make a financial commitment.

I will provide you with a copy of my Privacy Statement and Counselling Agreement, on booking an Initial Consultation.

I am currently not accepting any new Supervisees

Hello! 

I offer supervision to counsellors & other professionals; I have a proven track record in management, with a strong passion for working with Children and Young People.

I am a warm, experienced and empowering supervisor, who believes in working collaboratively with my supervisees in an equal relationship. I provide a nurturing, open and honest environment, to enable my supervisees to continue to work ethically with clients. Empowering them to feel confident in their practice.

I have 22 years of counselling experience working with the Charity Sector, including outreach locations and schools. I am a highly experienced Counsellor, who has worked with Children and Young People for the past 17 years, alongside my work with Adults.

I have extensive experience of management, having managed both a CYP and Adult service. I have an insight into the complexity of balancing management responsibilities, providing ethically safe services and supporting staff within an organisation.

I am trained in using the Hawkins Seven Eyed Model of Supervision:

Mode 1 – Focus on details and presentation of client

Mode 2 – Focus on supervisee theoretical framework and interventions.

Mode 3 – Focus on client-supervisee relationship

Mode 4 – Focus on Supervisee

Mode 5 – Focus on Supervisee-Supervisor

Mode 6 – Focus on Supervisor’s process

Mode 7 – Focus on wider context such as organisation

Supervision fee - £60.00 for 1.5 hours.