About Luisa
Luisa Passalacqua is a counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and 12 years of clinical experience. She creates a calm, non-judgemental space where people can speak openly about stress, anxiety and other concerns. Luisa aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive.
She draws on attachment-based and client-centred ways of working to build trust and clarity. That means recognising relationship patterns and listening closely to what matters to each person.
Background and approach
Luisa also uses elements of cognitive behavioural therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviours in everyday life. Many people approach her about family difficulties, grief, relationship problems and parenting strain. She also supports those facing trauma, sleep problems, anger and workplace stress.
Luisa works with issues such as addiction, self-esteem, intimacy concerns and coping with life changes. Her practice includes attention to attachment wounds, codependency and communication problems within families of origin or blended households. She is able to discuss mood concerns such as depression and bipolar features and how these affect daily routines and relationships.
Sessions are offered in English, French and Italian and Luisa accepts international clients. Her approach is practical and collaborative - the focus is on small changes that lead to steadier days and clearer choices.
Therapeutic approaches and remote working
Luisa combines attachment-based and client-centred approaches alongside cognitive behavioural techniques to help people work through anxiety and relationship stress. Attachment-based therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people recognise and change those patterns. Client-centred work puts the person's experience at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor listening deeply and reflecting to build understanding. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours that keep anxiety and low mood going. Finding the right approach is part of the process. Luisa will discuss what feels most useful and adapt methods to each person's needs and goals. That collaboration helps make sessions relevant to daily life and to the changes someone wants to see. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when distance is a factor. Phone sessions are a good option when a lower-bandwidth connection or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can suit people who prefer typing or want flexible, on-the-go support. These options aim to increase accessibility and make ongoing work more practical for different routines and schedules.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, French, Italian
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