Profile / Australia
Lisa Studdert, ACA
Australia
ACA counsellor - Anxiety and Relationships
See online therapy options- CBT and ACT methods
- Attachment-based work
- Neuro-affirming approach
About Lisa
Lisa Studdert is an ACA counsellor in Australia with five years' experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns and ADHD. Sessions focus on practical steps to manage thoughts, feelings and day-to-day challenges.
She trained with a Bachelor of Counselling, completed in 2026, and has a background in emergency mental health care. That experience shaped her ability to stay calm with people in crisis and to focus on clear, practical next steps rather than prolonged theory.
Lisa draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-based and client-centred approaches, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) strategies. In practice this looks like noticing unhelpful thoughts, testing them with small experiments, and building new habits that fit daily life.
She also uses somatic work and emotionally focused methods to help people who feel disconnected from their bodies or who struggle with strong emotions. Lisa describes her work as neuro-affirming, which means she works with ADHD and autistic clients without asking them to mask their natural ways of thinking.
Her approach is collaborative and paced to what each person can handle. Sessions aim to reduce intense symptoms and teach skills that can be used between meetings. Clients are invited to try concrete tools and decide what helps them most.
How Lisa's approaches translate to online sessions
Lisa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in practical ways. CBT helps people notice thoughts and test them with small experiments to change unhelpful patterns. ACT focuses on values and taking specific actions, even when difficult feelings are present, to build a more workable life.She also uses attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns and how people respond under stress. That work looks at what tends to trigger intense reactions and then practices different ways of reaching out or calming down. Choosing an approach is part of therapy; Lisa will work together with each person to try methods that match their goals and preferences rather than assuming one way fits every problem.
Session formats are not listed explicitly here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people continue work while living in different parts of Australia, with practical focus on skills you can use between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with most often?
Lisa focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues and ADHD. She also addresses related topics such as attachment, abandonment and caregiver stress.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and person-centred. She uses CBT, ACT, attachment-based techniques and DBT skills to help people notice thoughts and try different responses.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has five years of practice experience and a Bachelor of Counselling completed in 2026, plus work in emergency mental health care that informs how she responds in crisis.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an ACA counsellor based in Australia. Sessions are provided from Australia and reflect her local practice context.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.