About Francesca
Francesca Redden is a counsellor with ten years' experience who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She works with people coping with grief, relationship endings, career shifts and other life changes. Francesca also supports those dealing with trauma, domestic violence, sexual abuse, self-esteem struggles and confidence issues.
Francesca uses a body-based somatic approach to help people notice how their body holds stress. She guides simple practices that build safety in the body and reduce overwhelming sensations.
Background and approach
This practical focus aims to make everyday life feel more manageable. Her work is person-centred and trauma-informed. That means sessions start from where a person is and move at a comfortable pace.
Francesca encourages people to use their own strengths and stories as the basis for change. She draws on Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, inner child work and nervous-system healing to address patterns that keep people stuck. These approaches are used alongside somatic techniques to help with emotions and bodily reactions.
Francesca holds PACFA credentialing and practises in Australia. She offers compassionate support for people facing abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, body image concerns, chronic illness or caregiver stress. Her aim is to help people find more ease, confidence and connection to inner resources.
How somatic and mindful approaches work online
Francesca uses somatic therapy to help people notice and work with bodily sensations linked to stress and trauma. Online sessions include guided body-awareness exercises and grounding techniques that can be practised while seated or standing at home. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, chronic pain and trauma responses.She also draws on mindfulness therapy, teaching simple attention and breathing practices that reduce rumination and improve emotion regulation. These exercises are short and practical so they suit video or phone sessions and can be repeated between appointments.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Francesca will discuss options and adjust methods to match a person's needs, goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and paced to what the client can manage.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for guided exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and suit times when video isn't possible. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, reflection or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options add flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving or mobility limitations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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