Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elleson , PACFA

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Elleson is a clinical psychotherapist with over 10 years of experience spanning the public, NGO and private sectors. She brings a warm, creative and relational presence to her work, combining trauma-informed, client-centered practice with somatic mindfulness to help restore harmony between body and mind.

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

In private practice in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, she specialises in supporting highly sensitive people recovering from complex trauma and provides coaching for people managing PMDD. She tailors therapy to each person, drawing on attachment-based, client-centered, DBT, Jungian and mindfulness-informed methods as appropriate. She holds PACFA, which identifies membership with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia.

Her approach aims to increase self-understanding, strengthen capacity for life’s challenges and foster more harmonious relationships with self and others. Elizabeth values partnering with clients through change and supports transformation with empathy, creativity and a gentle focus on somatic awareness.