Francesca Polini, BACP

Francesca Polini offers an approach that centres on understanding relationships and inner experience. She draws on attachment-based and psychodynamic ideas to help people make sense of patterns that cause stress, anxiety or low self-esteem. Francesca practises in the United Kingdom and speaks English and Italian.

She brings five years of clinical practice to sessions and combines several approaches to suit individual needs. That means some work looks at early relationships and how they affect present life. Other sessions focus on personal meaning and unconscious material that can influence feelings and behaviour.

Francesca also incorporates client-centred methods that prioritise the person’s own perspective. This creates space for people to feel heard and to set the pace of change. She may use hypnotherapy or Jungian ideas when these fit a client's goals and preferences.

Common areas she addresses include stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and depression. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiving strain among other concerns.

Sessions are offered online and can be arranged in a way that fits daily life. The emphasis is on practical steps and clearer understanding rather than on jargon. Francesca aims to help people feel steadier and more able to make choices that suit them.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and emotion. It helps people who notice repeating relationship difficulties, anxiety around closeness, or trouble trusting others. Psychodynamic Therapy explores unconscious patterns and past experiences that influence present feelings and choices; it can be useful for people wanting to understand deeper roots of mood or relationship issues. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the work and gives space for them to lead the pace and topics in sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Francesca will work collaboratively to identify what fits best with a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That may mean trying an insight-focused path for some sessions and a more practical, client-led way for others, with adjustments over time.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from wherever someone is located, while phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is lower or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit those who prefer written reflection or need flexible brief contacts during the day. These options make it easier to arrange therapy around work, caring duties or travel and allow people across locations to access registered or accredited professionals and therapists who match their needs.