Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elleson, PACFA

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elleson is a clinical psychotherapist with ten years' experience across public, NGO and private settings. She uses a warm, interactive, client-centred way of working and brings a trauma-informed lens to conversations about thoughts and everyday habits. Lizzie aims to help people feel steadier in their bodies and minds through gentle somatic mindfulness techniques.

Her career began in drug and alcohol services in the public sector, where she first noticed strong links between addiction and early-life trauma. That experience led her to specialise in trauma-informed work and to train in approaches that consider the body and nervous system alongside thoughts and feelings.

Lizzie spent time at a national centre supporting people with complex trauma and disability. There she supported marginalised communities and people who identified as neurodivergent, seeing how trauma can show up as behaviour, emotions and relationships. Those roles shaped her practical, compassionate style.

In private practice in Melbourne and Sydney she focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and addiction-related concerns. She also offers coaching for people managing PMDD and supports people navigating relationship and family of origin issues. Her work often includes attention to attachment, abandonment concerns and body image.

Lizzie holds PACFA credentialing, which she uses as part of her professional framework. She describes therapy as a partnership and helps people tailor approaches that fit their lives and goals. To start, she asks people to notice small habits and thoughts that can be changed one step at a time.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current thoughts and everyday habits. It helps when attachment issues, abandonment or communication problems are getting in the way of feeling steady with others. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's perspective and pace; the therapist listens deeply and follows the client's lead to build self-understanding and confidence.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on needs, goals and preferences. That means trying a way of working and adjusting it if it does not feel like the right fit.

The original biography does not specify which online formats are offered, so please confirm available session types before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let people work on thoughts, habits and grounding practices from wherever they are, while the therapist supports pacing, coping skills and mindful body awareness.