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Lissa McIldowney BA Dip. Couns. M.A.C.A. (Level 1)

Lissa McIldowney is a full-time, professional Counsellor and is registered with the Australian Counselling Association. She has almost 12 years’ experience in supporting adults and young people from diverse backgrounds to move through difficult events and circumstances in a life-affirming way. Outside work hours she is an emergency services volunteer, providing psychological first aid to disaster survivors.

Lissa’s strengths-based, practical approach builds her clients’ confidence in their ability to live around what happens to them in a way that honours their individual values. As clients become clearer about what is important to them, they are better able to understand their feelings and make choices about their behaviour that help them to move forward.

Lissa believes that the way we think about and respond to change, and particularly loss, has a significant impact on the quality of our lives and the strength of our relationships. Drawing on her own lived experiences and a range of evidence-based therapies, Lissa expertly guides each client to map a path toward their own, unique “life wish”. Her clients benefit from a range of modalities, tailored to their specific therapeutic needs.

Therapeutic approach:

- Person centred

- Value directed

- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

- Solution Focused Therapy

- Mindfulness

Qualifications

- Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne

- Diploma of Counselling, Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors

- Certificate IV, Community Services Advocacy, Wodonga TAFE

- Mental Health First Aid

- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

- DV-alert Foundations Training

- Bridges Out of Poverty

- Psychological First Aid