Lisa Papas, ACA
30 years in practice
Lisa Papas is an experienced counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and life changes.
License and registration
- ACA
- 24753 · expires December 2026
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Lisa
Lisa Papas is an experienced counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and life changes. She works in a calm, respectful way and makes space for you to tell your story. Lisa draws on a long career to guide practical steps forward while listening to what matters most to each person.
She has three decades of professional experience in Australia and uses that background to support people through traumatic events and chronic health challenges.
Background and approach
Lisa also helps with substance use and addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, and the strain of caregiving. She aims to respond with sensitivity, compassion and straightforward care. Her approach combines conversational listening with structured techniques.
That can mean looking at thoughts and behaviours, clarifying values, and strengthening attachment patterns that affect relationships. Sessions focus on small, manageable changes you can try between meetings. Lisa works with common concerns such as sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem and career stress.
She also supports people dealing with grief, bereavement, adoption or foster care questions, ageing and chronic illness, and the fallout from natural or human-caused disasters. Clients can expect a practical and humane style. Lisa helps people set goals and test what works in daily life.
She sees courage in the decision to seek help and offers steady support through that work.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lisa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lisa names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Lisa's approaches work online
Existential therapy focuses on meaning, choice and the big questions of life. It helps people facing loss, life changes or a sense of emptiness to clarify what matters and make decisions that fit their values.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical ways to live with difficult thoughts and feelings while moving toward valued goals. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, chronic pain and problems that persist despite effort.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Work here helps people understand connection and communication, which can ease relationship stress and improve intimacy.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The counsellor and client talk about goals, try different techniques and adjust what feels most helpful. This collaborative stance lets therapy respond to changing needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging lets people reflect in writing. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving and travel.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Lisa commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and addiction concerns, plus relationship and intimacy-related issues.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Her style is conversational and practical, combining listening with tools from several approaches to try small changes between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Lisa has 30 years of professional experience working in Australia and has worked with people through chronic illness, trauma, loss and caregiving stress.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds ACA credentialing and practices in Australia.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What formats are available for online sessions?
Lisa offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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