Dr. Lisa Tomlinson, HCPC

Dr Lisa Tomlinson is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), the UK regulator for health and care professionals. She brings ten years of experience working within the NHS across a variety of services supporting people with a wide range of difficulties. She places importance on building a trusting therapeutic relationship and seeks to create a non-judgemental, containing space where people can explore their concerns at a pace that feels right for them.

Known for an optimistic outlook, she aims to offer compassion, warmth, and understanding, and often holds hope for clients when they are feeling most hopeless. Her practice is integrative in nature and she draws on multiple therapeutic methods to tailor work to each person. Approaches she commonly uses include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) informed work, and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT). For people facing addictive behaviours she may use Cognitive-Behavioural Integrated Treatment (C-BIT).

Dr Tomlinson works with difficulties such as stress, anxiety, addictions, family and relationship problems, low self-esteem, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping problems, anger, and coping with life changes. She aims to offer a calm, supportive presence while helping people develop practical strategies and new perspectives. She has availability on weekday evenings and on Saturdays.