About Francesca
Francesca Whitby is a counsellor who aims to help people feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck. She creates a calm, non-judgemental space and listens closely so people can find their own way forward. Francesca is warm, honest and down to earth, and she focuses on small, practical steps as well as understanding feelings.
She combines a person-centred way of working with tools from cognitive behavioural therapy, often called CBT, so sessions include both open listening and practical planning.
Background and approach
That mix can help with day-to-day coping as well as understanding repeated patterns that cause distress. Francesca has four years of clinical experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. Her work covers common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression and self-esteem, alongside relationship difficulties and trauma such as domestic abuse.
Other areas she supports include sleep and eating problems, grief, parenting pressures and career worries. She also works with people facing more complex issues such as bipolar symptoms, ADHD, attachment difficulties and certain personality concerns. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual.
Francesca will listen, gently challenge unhelpful thoughts and suggest practical exercises to try between sessions. The pace is set by the person coming for help, and the aim is steady forward movement rather than quick fixes.
How her approaches work online
Francesca uses a person-centred approach that focuses on creating a warm, accepting space where people can talk through what matters most to them. This style helps when someone needs time to find their own answers and feel understood before taking next steps.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, commonly called CBT, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT provides straightforward tools and exercises that can help with anxiety, low mood, overthinking and unhelpful behaviours in daily life.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the person to decide what feels most helpful, based on their goals and preferences. That collaborative decision can change over time as priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video sessions let people work face to face from wherever is convenient. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a simpler check-in. Live chat and messaging suit brief updates or when someone prefers not to use audio or video. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Francesca help with?
What is Francesca's approach in sessions?
How much experience does she have?
What credentials and region are listed?
Which languages does she use for therapy?
Can people outside the UK work with her?
What session formats are available?
How are costs and getting started handled?
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- 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
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.