About Francesca
Francesca Polini is a counsellor who blends psychodynamic and attachment-informed work with a client-centred style. She brings five years of practice to sessions and speaks English and Italian. Her background living in several countries shapes how she listens and responds to different life stories.
Francesca focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people dealing with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, and phobia-related worries.
Background and approach
Her approach aims to help people notice patterns, feel heard, and make changes that fit their everyday life. She uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences influence present feelings and relationships. Attachment-based work helps people understand how close bonds formed early on still affect trust and communication now.
Francesca also draws on Jungian perspectives and hypnotherapy when these fit a person’s goals. Sessions are conversational and paced to the person’s needs. The counsellor focuses on building a safe rapport, then works collaboratively to set goals and try different ways of coping.
Practical tools and reflective exploration are mixed depending on what helps most. Francesca’s international life has given her cultural sensitivity and an ability to work with varied identities. She is based in the United Kingdom and offers help for a wide range of concerns, including phobias and attachment issues.
How therapy approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional reactions. Online sessions use this approach to help people notice patterns in their close relationships and to practise new ways of connecting or setting boundaries.Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the work, with the counsellor offering attentive listening and reflection. This style helps people who need a steady, non-judgemental space to talk through anxiety, stress or doubts about their relationships.
Psychodynamic ideas explore how past experiences influence present feelings and behaviour. In online sessions this can help uncover recurring themes or hidden triggers that affect mood, self-esteem or phobia responses.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process and will be collaborative. The therapist will discuss options, try different ways of working, and adjust methods based on a person’s goals and preferences. The aim is to find what feels most helpful for each individual.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging can suit shorter check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules or to keep continuity when travel or relocation occurs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Italian
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