Lisa Brinton
Compassionate counsellor for stress and relationships
AASW Australia
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Lisa
Lisa Brinton is an AASW counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and low self-esteem. She works with those managing depression and the effects of past abuse.
Background and approach
Lisa aims to make the first steps feel achievable and understandable. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space so people can talk through difficult feelings.
Sessions focus on understanding emotions and finding practical ways to cope day to day. Lisa uses straightforward tools to reduce worry, ease low mood, and improve how people relate to others.
Her approach blends evidence-based methods with a warm, person-centred style. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to notice and change unhelpful thoughts.
Attachment-based ideas are used to understand patterns in relationships and how early experiences shape adult responses. Lisa also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people clarify what matters to them and take steps towards those values.
Practical skills such as grounding, emotion regulation and communication strategies are taught and practiced in sessions so they can be used outside therapy. Over ten years of practice have shaped a flexible way of working that adapts to each person.
Lisa tailors conversations and exercises to the issue at hand and the client’s pace. Her aim is to support people to feel more resilient, connected and able to manage life’s pressures.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Lisa uses the Gottman Method ideas alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide online work. The Gottman Method offers ways to notice interaction patterns and learn practical communication skills that help reduce conflict and increase connection. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed steps towards them while accepting difficult feelings that come up. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relational experiences shape current behaviour and helps people develop safer, more effective ways of relating to others.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Lisa will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. She adapts techniques across sessions so the plan fits each person's needs and comfort level.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and role-play of communication skills, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep practising skills between meetings.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Registered with
AASW
Languages
English