GROUNDED, NOT PERFECT

I work with reflective, quietly commanding, driven professionals whose outward competence can sometimes conceal a deep sense of inner disconnection. A feeling of lostness that they can’t quite work out.

What I have learned over nearly 20 years in the mental health field and 25 years in corporate and charity leadership is that people are more wounded than they realise, and more capable than they know. Often caught in inherited beliefs, unconscious patterns, and old roles that no longer serve them.

Modern life is complex. The mental health conversation has exploded, and many of us are left wondering: Who can I turn to? Who can I trust? What do I need to know?

That’s where I can support you.

Hi, I’m Lisa…

do you sense you’re not okay, but can’t explain why?

I get it. You are not seeking to become someone else entirely, more to remember who you already are. Beneath the layers of defence, adaptation, and expectation.

  • You are highly capable, but find yourself stuck in old patterns.

  • Might have done ‘inner work’, but still feel fragmented or disconnected.

  • Want to go deeper, but not get lost in the past.

  • Seek a clearer sense of self and a desire to build on your future emerging self.

I am calling to those who are tired of perfectionism, and ‘not enough-ness" and want to live more rooted, regulated, real lives, with room to breathe, to move and to change.

This is not therapy as you might know it, nor is it coaching.

It’s a grounded, collaborative, and psychologically rich process designed to meet the wise adult in the room. To help you understand and navigate the parts of yourself that are still responding from the past and are seeking to move forward.

It’s self-aware and intentional. It’s not about over-identifying with or unnecessarily excavating past wounds but it is about acknowledging them and understanding how they show up for you today.

No quick fixes. No polished advice. Just real conversation and exploration, with someone who gets it.

Grounded, not perfect.

Psychotherapy in Derbyshire

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Derbyshire Psychotherapist

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