Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elleson, PACFA

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elleson is a clinical psychotherapist based in Australia with 10 years of experience across the public, NGO and private sectors. She brings a warm, creative and relational style to her work, blending a trauma-informed, client-centred approach with a gentle emphasis on somatic mindfulness to support harmony between body and mind.

Her early clinical work as a drug and alcohol clinician in the public sector revealed the close connections between addiction and unresolved early-childhood trauma. That experience led her to pursue further training in trauma-informed modalities, including Mindfulness-integrated CBT, Internal Family Systems and Polyvagal Theory, and to contribute clinically at Australia’s National Centre of Excellence for people with complex trauma and disability.

Across that time she worked alongside highly marginalised communities and supported many clients who identify as neurodivergent, gaining experience with the full range of behavioural, emotional and psychological impacts of trauma. She now practises in private clinics in Melbourne and Sydney where she specialises in helping highly sensitive people recover from complex trauma and also provides coaching for people managing PMDD.

Her professional profile lists the credential PACFA - the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia - and she tailors therapeutic approaches to each person. Clients working with her often report a greater sense of peace, increased capacity to hold life’s challenges and more harmonious relationships with themselves and others. She describes her role as a privilege and values partnering with people through their inner transformation.

Attachment, Mindfulness and Online Therapeutic Support

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and early attachment patterns to help people understand how past bonds shape current feelings and behaviour. It is useful for people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, relationship difficulties and family of origin concerns.

Client-Centred Therapy places the client at the heart of the process, offering empathic listening and a non-judgemental stance so clients can explore their experiences and find their own solutions. This approach supports self-esteem, coping with life changes and building more harmonious relationships.

Mindfulness Therapy offers practices to bring gentle attention to bodily sensations and present-moment experience, which can reduce overwhelm and support recovery from trauma, stress and anxiety. These approaches are often integrated in sessions to meet individual needs.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process and will be explored collaboratively. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elleson works with clients to identify which methods best fit their needs, goals and preferences and may draw on different modalities over time. This collaborative process is consistent with work by appropriately qualified or registered professionals and therapists.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility for people balancing work, family or health needs, and can make it easier to access ongoing support from Melbourne, Sydney or elsewhere in Australia. These options allow clients to continue therapy in ways that suit their schedules and daily life.