Luisa Passalacqua , BACP

Luisa Passalacqua uses relationship-focused and practical therapy to help people make changes that matter. She brings a warm, conversational style and attention to how early attachments shape current difficulties. Luisa speaks English, French and Italian and practises from the United Kingdom with BACP registration. She has twelve years of professional experience supporting people through grief, depression and anxiety. She also helps with trauma and abuse, addictions, anger and sleep problems. Luisa works collaboratively to set clear goals and to try small, manageable steps between sessions. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships affect feelings and behaviour. She also uses client-centred methods to make space for each person's experience, and cognitive behavioural techniques to tackle unhelpful thinking and patterns. Dialectical ideas and existential themes inform work with strong emotions and questions about meaning. In sessions Luisa aims for straightforward conversation. She listens, asks practical questions and suggests simple strategies to test in daily life. She supports people dealing with relationship strain, family issues, parenting worries, work stress and identity concerns. People often come for help with self-esteem, body image, coping with life changes and compassion fatigue. Luisa can also address more specific concerns such as abandonment, attachment problems, codependency and communication difficulties. Her style is steady, empathic and action-oriented.

How Luisa's approaches work online

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions, and helps people understand patterns that repeat in their close relationships. Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's experience, offering a non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be heard and explored. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) provides straightforward tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours to reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which methods suit the person's needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted as progress is made and new issues arise.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls are useful for longer conversations and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Text-based options and live chat allow for shorter check-ins, written reflection and ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats help people fit therapy around family, work and travel commitments.