About Francesca
Francesca Palazzolo is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety and problems with addiction. She supports clients dealing with relationship troubles, trauma and abuse, and struggles with intimacy and self‑esteem. Francesca writes plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person.
With ten years of professional experience and PACFA credentialing, Francesca creates a calm space for honest conversation. She aims to make difficult topics easier to talk about.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what you notice, what you want to change, and small practical steps to get there. Her approach draws on a mix of methods. Cognitive behavioural ideas help spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages people to make room for difficult feelings while moving toward valued goals. Attachment‑based work looks at how early relationships affect current connections and intimacy. Client‑centred practice puts the person’s perspective at the heart of the session.
Francesca adapts techniques to suit each person rather than using a one‑size‑fits‑all plan. People often come for help with grief, career stress, body image or sleep problems, as well as longer standing issues like avoidant personality patterns or codependency. Francesca believes small changes add up over time and focuses on clear, manageable strategies.
Practical approaches for online therapy and connection
Francesca uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours for anxiety and mood concerns. CBT sessions often include simple exercises to practice between appointments. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people make room for difficult feelings while moving toward what matters to them. ACT is useful for chronic worry, avoidance, and when someone wants clearer values‑based goals. Attachment‑based ideas inform her work on intimacy and relationship patterns by looking at how early connection styles show up now. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Francesca talks with each person about their goals and preferences, then adjusts methods so they fit the client’s needs. That collaborative process shapes each plan rather than relying on a single technique. Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep face‑to‑face momentum while saving travel time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check‑in is preferred. Live chat and text‑based messaging suit people who like brief, written check‑ins or need to fit support around work and family commitments.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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