Dr Lisa Hodges
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This professional is available for new clients.
About me
Whether you're looking for support with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, assertiveness, people pleasing and managing boundaries, or feeling generally ‘stuck’ and don’t know how to move forward, I can help. You may be:
- feeling low or worried and need new ways to cope
- a health professional experiencing burnout
- living with a long-term health condition
- exploring new ways to have romantic/sexual relationships
- struggling with appearance-related/body image concerns
- making healthy lifestyle changes.
In our sessions I will use a mixture of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI), depending on your needs. Together we will develop a plan to learn skills and techniques to help you cope with the challenges you are facing. We will use your values (whatever is most important to you) to help guide the work we do in and out of our sessions, this will make sure you are taking steps towards a meaningful life.
My values are at the heart of my practice. I strive to treat my clients with kindness, to be curious and not judgemental about others, encourage people I meet to do the same and to help others to feel good about their minds and bodies.
How to get started
Please call or email me for a quick chat and to set up an initial session, where we'll talk about what you want to get out of counselling. If you're happy to continue we'll set up a second session, and will arrange to see each other weekly/fortnightly from there.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training & Qualifications
- Trauma-Focused Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (2022)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy – Level 2 (2021)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Self Esteem (2021)
- Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology (2017)
- MSc in Health Psychology (2007)
- Degree in Psychology (2005)
- Chartered member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Member of the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Enhance DBS (2021)
- Fully insured
Experience
- Over 15 years of experience working in various health settings
- Eight years’ experience working in the NHS as a Behaviour Change
Specialist
- Specialised knowledge of living with appearance-related concerns and/or a visible difference
- Knowledgeable about BDSM/kink and non-traditional relationships i.e., relationship anarchy, polyamory, etc.
- Expertise in helping people stop smoking
I am a chartered Health Psychologist. Currently, I work as a health researcher as well as running a small private practice. I find that my private practice helps to make sure my research is grounded in client experiences and my research helps to make sure my client work is based on what really works.
Member organisations
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They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Appearance-related/body image concerns.
Non-traditional relationship styles (i.e., relationship anarchy, polyamory, solo polyamory).
I'm a BDSM/kink knowledgeable and sex positive practitioner.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£120.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
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Further information
If you have any questions at all or want to work out if this is something that will work for you, I’m always happy to have a chat before you go ahead and book a session.
