Riverview Counselling and Hypnotherpay
Online and Face to Face Solution Focused Integrative Counselling, Hypnotherapy, and Rewind Therapy
Unlocking Your Potential with a Multi-Disciplinary Approach with Lisa Hartford MSc, MBACP, HPD,
Lisa Anne Hartford, MSc, MBACP, HPD, UKASFP
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP), an accredited member of the UK Association of Solution Focused Practitioners (UKASFP), hold both an MSc in Psychological Wellbeing and Mental Health (Nottingham Trent University, 2021) and MSc Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (University of Derby, 2025). I also hold a Hypnotherapy Practioners Diploma (HPD) from 2019, which is necessary to be a member of the National Council of Hypnotherpy
This multi skill training and over seven years experience of working with clients enables me to tailor your sessions to your indiviudal needs. I have to work within the professional guidelines and ethics of all the organisations that I am registered with and this helps to ensure I keep you safe. I believe all my clients are the experts in their own life and that I can support them, by working collaboratively with them, to achieve their own unique potential, overcome trauma and find their own solutions to their problems.
I help people with many mental health and personal issues and have broad experience of helping survivors of sexual abuse and rape and also students above the age of 16.
My first clinical research into Muss Rewind Therapy for truama symptoms has been published in BACP Counselling and Psychotherapy Research journal.
I have raised over £10,000 for the mental health charity through fundraising events like the London Marathon and the Great North run and freely admits running is her solution to maintaining her own mental wellbeing. I am currently training for my next half marathon in Spring 2026.
My Approach
Imagine yourself feeling better.
I can help you get there.
I am a therapist who listens with compassion and without judgment. I help you find your own solutions for moving forward.
I do not offer advice or tell you what to do. I help you work out the answers and provide you with the tools you need to succeed.
In my therapy room, or online, you are the expert in your life. I help you use that expertise to unlock your potential.
Does this sound like you?
- Feeling stuck, like you’re not moving forward?
- Reliving or unable to process trauma?
- Anxious and stressed, with a racing mind?
- Unable to focus on what’s important?
- Dreading getting out of bed each morning?
- Worried about the lingering impact of COVID-19 on your life?
- Feeling sad and lost?
- Fed up with a phobia or habit that’s holding you back?
- Longing to feel the sun on your face and the wind in your hair?
What would you like?
- SOME OF THE BEST HOPES FROM MY PAST CLIENTS:
- To have a decent night’s sleep.
- To get back to the “normal” or move towards the real you.
- To be listened to, validated and believed.
- To prioritise time for yourself, to finally have the time to do the things you love.
- To recover from trauma including associated flashbacks, nightmares and panic attacks.
- To talk about the past in a safe enviroment, maybe for the first time.
- To find relief from any unwarranted guilt, stigma or blame.
- To take the first step forward to a happier future, to leave behind the past and embrace all that’s possible.
- To find some focus, to be able to concentrate on what’s important and achieve your goals including academic, professioanal or health.
- To wake feeling refreshed and excited to start the day, with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.
- To lower any anxiety about life after COVID-19, let go of your worries and embrace the future with confidence.
- To find something that will make each day better, to add a little bit of joy and excitement to your life.
- To start to conquer a fear or habit, to break free from the things that are holding you back and live your life to the fullest.
- To enjoy each new day, to savour the simple moments and appreciate all that you have.
- To finish the year on a high, to achieve your goals and dreams and feel proud of all that you’ve accomplished.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a short-term, goal-oriented therapy that focuses on helping you to achieve your desired outcomes. During SFBT sessions, I works with you to identify your desired outcomes, develop a plan to achieve those outcomes and build on your strengths and resources.
SFBT is based on the belief that you are already capable of solving your own problems and my role is to help you identify and mobilise your own resources. SFBT can be helpful for a variety of issues, including anxiety and depression, relationship problems, stress management, pain management, parenting challenges, career issues, and life transitions.
Integrative Counselling
Counselling is a type of talking therapy that can help you cope with a variety of issues, including mental health conditions, physical health conditions, difficult life events, and difficult emotions. This is due to helping you to gain a better understanding of your feelings and thoughts. As a result, it helps you to develop coping skills, make positive changes in your life, resolve conflict, improve your relationships, increase your self-awareness, and boost your confidence and self-esteem.
Counselling is a confidential and supportive process. I will listen to you without judgment and help you to explore your problems at your own pace. I will not tell you what to do but may make suggestions to help you find your own solutions. My integrative approach combines Person Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment Therapy alongside a Solution Focused Approach.
Muss Rewind Therapy
Muss Rewind Therapy (MRT) is a brief psychological intervention that has been shown to be effective in treating a variety of trauma-related symptoms, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). MRT is based on the idea that trauma is stored in the memory in a way that can be easily triggered, leading to distressing symptoms.
MRT has been shown to be effective in reducing a variety of trauma-related symptoms, including flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, and depression. It has also been shown to improve sleep quality, self-esteem, and overall quality of life.
MRT uses guided imagery to help you visualise the trauma by imagining watching it on a cinema screen but also changing the ending. It can be conducted in one to three sessions within an assumption that you and I have already formed a therapeutic and trusting relationship in earlier sessions. I want to ensure you feel safe and trust that you will leave the session feeling no worse than when you arrived and therefore a full explanation is given before the intervention, which only lasts a few minutes, begins. Further information can be found at the link above.
Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis is a state of focused attention and low emotional arousal where one’s critical faculties are lowered. Or a deep mental relaxation, a collaboration with the client and direct or indirect suggestion.
Hypnosis can be experienced as a trance like state which is an everyday occurrence. Its like when you reflect on a car journey and realise you can’t remember parts of it. Or like at school when you are gazing out of the window. But if a tractor pulls in front of your car or the teacher calls your name you are instantly back in the moment. You are always in control.
I offer indirect trance where I help you imagine a favoured day off or past time, for example watching a sunrise or floating in a boat on a calm lake. This part of the session allows you time to process your thoughts which might be about the talking part of the session or wherever your mind takes you.
My clients have been known to describe it as extremely relaxing experience. No mention of your issue is mentioned in the trance. Hypnotherapy can be helpful for anxiety, low mood, pain, bladder control, IBS and creating a calmer mind.
If you are ready to book complete the following or call 07903 774961
FAQ
What qualifications have you achieved?
- MSc (Commendation) in Psychological Well-being and Mental Health at Nottingham Trent University, 2021
- MSc (Distinction) Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy University of Derby, 2025
- BRIEF Certificate in Solution Focused Practice, 2021
- Certificate Solution Focused BRIEF Therapy with Trauma
- Certificate to Practice Muss Rewind (for Trauma and Phobias)
- Hypnotherapy Practice Diploma 2019
- Medical Hypnotherapy Diploma 2021
Are you a member of any associations?
- Accredited Member UK Association Solution Focused Practitioners
- Registered Member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
- Accredited Member National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
- Aiming for BACP accredited membership application in Spring 2026
How can I trust you?
- Fully insured
- DBS checked
- Present qualification certificates on request
- Meet the requirements for various associations
- 5-star rated on Google
What can you help me with?
- Academic Focus
- Addictive Behaviours
- ADHD
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Bladder Control
- Breaking Unwanted Habit
- Confidence & Self-Esteem
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Emetophobia
- Emotional Issues
- Healthy Eating
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (hypnotherapy method recommend by the NHS)
- Living with cancer and other long-term illness
- Lowmood
- Menopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Pain Control
- Panic Attacks
- Performance (Sports)
- Phobias & Compulsions
- Post-Traumatic Stress
- Processing past trauma including rape and sexual abuse
- Sleep Issues
- Smoking Cessation
- Stress & Anxiety
How much do you cost?
I offer a free initial no obligation phone conversation, and then each appointment is £45, either in my therapy room or online. Concessions available to students.