Frances Dallison, BACP

Frances Dallison helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious or stuck. She is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 13 years of experience. Frances uses a calm, warm manner to make it easier to talk about hard things.

She focuses on common everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship strains. She also supports people dealing with grief, addictions, eating-related concerns and parenting pressures. Frances works with issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency and communication problems as part of this wider caseload.

Frances adapts her way of working to each person. She blends ideas from psychodynamic therapy and cognitive behavioural approaches and puts the person at the centre of the work. Sessions aim to help people understand repeating patterns, try small experiments and build more helpful ways of coping.

Her approach is practical and straightforward. Some sessions look at thinking and behaviour changes, others explore past experiences that shape feelings today. Mindfulness exercises are used when helpful to reduce stress and increase calm.

Frances holds BACP registration, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She offers sessions in English and can work with people in different countries. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and then sessions are scheduled according to therapist availability.

Approaches that suit online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions, helping people understand patterns in close relationships and reduce fear of abandonment. Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, offering a non-judgemental space to talk and be heard which can be especially useful when someone needs emotional support. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviours interact and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage low mood and change unhelpful habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Frances will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together you will decide which methods to try. That collaborative process means plans can change as you learn what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows a face-to-face feel for deeper conversations, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in, and chat or messaging suits people who prefer typed communication or need a quick way to reflect between sessions. These options help fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on progress and practical coping strategies.