About us

It is entirely possible to pursue your ambition and protect your wellbeing.

With the right support, you can reach your goals without running yourself into the ground.

Hi, I’m Dr Lisa Ahmad

Clinical Psychologist, EMDR consultant in training, and founder of a specialist psychology practice

I support high-functioning, high-achieving women who look like they are coping, yet feel anything but.

I also lead a small collective of associate Clinical Psychologists who deliver therapy within the practice. That allows me to focus on my specialist EMDR and coaching work, while making sure our clients receive the highest standard of care across the service.

The women I work with

Women who “have it all together” on the outside, and feel overloaded on the inside

This practice is built for women who feel overloaded, anxious or disconnected inside. Women whose ambition is intact, but whose system is quietly burning out. Women who want to lead, parent and live fully, without living in a constant state of internal emergency.

My story

For years, I was that woman. Holding everything together, achieving on all fronts, raising four children while my military husband was deployed, running a clinical career and a business… and slowly shutting down inside.

If you had asked me then whether I was stressed, I would have said no. Because I couldn’t feel it. I was disconnected from myself, and my body was carrying the cost: migraines, hormonal chaos, digestive issues and eventually an autoimmune diagnosis that stopped me in my tracks.

It took another psychologist gently reflecting back what I couldn’t see to realise that I couldn’t keep boarding the same bus and expect it to take me anywhere different.

So I changed course. Slowly. Imperfectly. But with intention. Everything I now teach, and support my clients with through EMDR, is informed by a sound clinical evidence base and the lived reality of an ambitious leader and parent who wants a full, meaningful life: learning how to steady emotionally, and understanding the patterns that push high-achieving women into burnout.

I blend EMDR, psychology and EMDR-informed coaching to help women learn how to turn down the dial and switch off, so that they can dial it back up and stretch into their potential. In doing so, I help them reconnect with themselves and live the life they have worked so hard to build, without burning themselves into the ground, or blowing up their career or relationship.

What this is, and what it isn’t

This is not mindset work.
This is not about motivation.
This is not “wellness hacks”, glow-up nonsense or discipline culture.

This is evidence-based psychological work that gets your body, brain and emotional system back into alignment, so you can feel well, think clearly and lead with grounded authority.