About Lisa Koole

Finding the right therapist is a personal decision…

If you are living with ongoing overwhelm, anxiety, emotional eating, or weight concerns, you are not alone. These patterns often emerge in response to the real pressures and responsibilities of a full life.

Many of the people I work with are capable, insightful, and used to managing a great deal. Yet even when they know what would help, following through can feel difficult when life is emotionally demanding or capacity is stretched.

My work focuses on helping you understand what may be getting in the way while supporting change that is realistic, compassionate, and sustainable.

A Grounded, Real-World Perspective

Much of what informs my work comes not only from professional training, but from lived experience. As a wife and parent of adult children, and as someone who understands the complexity of full and evolving lives, I bring a grounded, real-world perspective to the therapy room.

Clients often describe me as calm, warm, and non-judgmental. I listen carefully and work to understand the nuances of your experience, while drawing from extensive clinical training to support meaningful change.

Why I Work This Way

My career began in hospital and outpatient mental health and addictions settings, where I supported individuals facing complex and often overwhelming challenges. Over time, the emotional intensity of this work led to burnout and illness, requiring me to slow down and pay closer attention to my own nervous system, boundaries, and capacity.

That experience fundamentally shaped how I work.

It reinforced my belief that insight alone is not enough. Lasting change requires compassion, physiological safety, and an understanding of how the body responds to stress.

My practice was built around this philosophy. I support clients in making meaningful changes while respecting the realities of their lives.

My Approach

My practice sits at the intersection of emotional health, nervous system resiliency, and sustainable behaviour change.

I support adults experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, emotional eating, and the evolving demands of midlife through an integrative mind-body approach.

Rather than focusing on rigid strategies or quick fixes, our work helps you:

• understand emotional and physiological patterns
• strengthen internal capacity
• build supportive and realistic self-care practices
• reduce self-criticism
• respond to life with greater steadiness

The goal is not perfection, but creating change that feels grounded and maintainable.

Clinical Training

Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO)
Registered Holistic Nutritionist (GAIN)
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional

Advanced training in CBT, EFT, DBT, trauma-informed care, addictions, and nervous-system-informed approaches.