Francesca Whitby , BACP

Francesca Whitby is a warm, down-to-earth counsellor who helps women and others who feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck. She offers a listening space where people can talk without judgement and work out what matters to them. Francesca uses everyday language and practical steps so conversations stay clear and useful.

She blends Person-Centred counselling with tools from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, so sessions give both emotional space and concrete coping strategies. That mix helps when anxiety, low mood, or relationship issues make daily life harder. Francesca also supports those processing trauma and abuse, and people coping with changes such as grief, separation, or career shifts.

Sessions may cover sleep and eating concerns, parenting strains, intimacy-related worries, or struggles with self-esteem and overthinking. She also works with neurodiversity topics and attachment or abandonment themes. People bring a range of issues including depression, bipolar, ADHD, and anger, and Francesca aims to meet each person where they are.

Her approach is straightforward. She listens, reflects, and gently challenges unhelpful patterns. Practical techniques from CBT are offered alongside the empathic space of a Person-Centred approach.

Francesca holds BACP accreditation, has four years' practice experience, and works with clients across the United Kingdom. Conversations are in English and focus on helping people feel more in control and more like themselves again.

How Francesca blends counselling approaches online

Francesca uses Person-Centred counselling to create an accepting, non-judgemental space where people can explore feelings and build self-understanding. This approach focuses on listening and reflecting so clients can find their own answers and feel heard.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. CBT offers practical exercises and coping strategies that are useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and unhelpful thinking patterns.

Choosing the right way of working is a collaborative process. Francesca will discuss your needs and preferences and adapt the mix of listening and practical tools as you go. Together you can try different techniques and decide what helps most for your goals.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video calls suit deeper conversations where seeing each other helps, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, live chat works for people who prefer typed dialogue, and messaging supports ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.