About Lisa
Meet Lisa
Lisa Fowler is a Registered Counselling Therapist with more than twenty years of experience in health and wellness care. She is warm and direct, with a naturally sassy streak and a great deal of grit.
1 Her story
Lisa's story
Lisa began her adult life as a teenage mother, with little sense of direction or of what the future might hold.
After about ten years of finding her way, she made a brave decision to go back to school. She enrolled in college and moved her family to New Brunswick to start a new chapter.
The road wasn't easy. Hard choices often came with hardship, and those years taught her a great deal about healing, personal growth and standing on her own two feet. Her sassy streak and her capacity to keep going turned out to be some of her greatest strengths.
Today Lisa runs her own counselling practice and private clinic in Overton, just outside Yarmouth. Her work centres on the mental health needs of her community, especially anxiety and depression, addiction and trauma.
Beyond her work, she is a very proud grandmother to three granddaughters.
It's the best gig in the world.
2 Training
Training and registration
Counselling therapy is a regulated profession in Nova Scotia. Lisa is registered with the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists (NSCCT), which licenses counselling therapists and sets standards of practice and ethics.
Check her registration on the NSCCT registry Professional standards and complaints- Counselling Registered Counselling Therapist (RCT)Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists, registration RCT-26-040
- Education Master of Arts in Counselling PsychologyYorkville University
- Acupuncture Registered AcupuncturistExamining Board of Natural Medicine Practitioners, 2009. Acupuncture is not regulated by the province in Nova Scotia.
- Natural medicine Doctorate of Natural Medicine (DNM)Examining Board of Natural Medicine Practitioners, 2009. A private designation, not a licence to practise medicine.
3 Approach
How Lisa works
Her philosophy is rooted in serving her community: helping people recognize their strengths, heal, and keep going through hard things.
Lisa believes growth comes from understanding our experiences, learning from them and using them to shape a meaningful future. Her goal is to help each person embrace what makes them unique, build resilience and grow with confidence into who they are meant to become.
In counselling she draws on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based approaches and trauma-focused therapy.
Lisa also offers acupuncture and wellness consultations. These are separate from her counselling therapy and are not regulated by NSCCT. You can book a wellness consultation on its own, and acupuncture together with a counselling session or a wellness follow-up.
4 On Lisa's bookshelf
Voices that shaped her work
Three people whose thinking Lisa returns to, and whose books you may spot in the counselling room.
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Dr. Gabor Maté
Physician and author known for his work on trauma, addiction, stress and childhood development. His compassionate view of addiction runs through how Lisa approaches it.
drgabormate.com -
Dr. Zach Bush
Physician trained across several medical specialties, whose work follows health from the gut to food, farms and soil.
zachbushmd.com -
Dr. Caroline Leaf
Cognitive neuroscientist and author who writes about the connection between the mind, thoughts, the brain and behaviour.
drleaf.com
5 Looking ahead
What's next for the practice
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a structured therapy for working through traumatic memories. It is not offered yet: Lisa plans to add it once her EMDR training is complete. Email Lisa if you would like to hear when it is available.
Lisa plans to begin supervising and mentoring counselling therapists in 2027, once she completes the steps NSCCT requires of approved supervisors. She believes in teaching from experience while recognizing that every therapist brings their own strengths, perspective and gifts to the profession.
Supervision for therapistsWhen you're ready
Book a first session
Start with a counselling intake, a couples intake or an initial wellness consultation. Booking runs through Practice Better, and you can choose in person or online where it's offered.