Lisa Russo, PACFA

Lisa Russo is a clinical counsellor based in Australia with PACFA credentialing and ten years of practice. She focuses on helping women who are feeling stressed, anxious, low in confidence, or recovering from trauma and domestic abuse. Sessions aim to help people feel heard and understood while they build resilience and regain balance in day-to-day life.

Her approach is warm and person-centred. Clients can expect straightforward conversations and practical tools for managing emotions, sleep problems, grief and parenting stresses. Lisa uses listening and collaboration to set goals that fit each person’s pace and needs.

Lisa combines attachment-informed thinking with cognitive techniques and mindfulness in her work. That mix helps people understand patterns in relationships, change unhelpful thinking, and develop calmer responses to stress. Emotion-focused methods support processing painful experiences and strengthening emotional connection with oneself.

Her background includes ten years supporting women through life transitions, caregiving strain, career change and health challenges. She also works with people facing issues related to ageing and geriatric concerns alongside other focuses such as ADHD and chronic illness.

Sessions are practical and down-to-earth. Lisa aims to help clients leave with one or two clear steps they can try between meetings. She frames therapy as a partnership where progress happens through small, steady changes.

How Lisa's approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy in her practice looks at how early relationship patterns shape current feeling and behaviour, helping people notice and change unhelpful patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical ways to spot and shift thinking that feeds anxiety or low mood, giving simple tools for everyday use. Mindfulness Therapy teaches straightforward attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Lisa will work together with each person to choose which methods suit their goals and personality. That collaborative planning is ongoing so techniques can be adjusted as needs change.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make practice exercises and mindfulness work easier to try between sessions. Appropriately credentialed therapists adapt tasks and pacing so online sessions stay focused and practical.