Frances Dallison, BACP

Frances Dallison is a UK-based counsellor with 13 years of experience supporting people through a wide range of challenges. She works with stress, anxiety, depression and low mood, and addresses relationship and family difficulties including blended family issues, communication problems, divorce and separation, and domestic violence. Her practice also covers loss and grief, addictions including drug and alcohol concerns, eating and food-related issues, parenting and career matters, as well as complex presentations such as abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, dissociation and feelings of emptiness.

Working in an integrative way, Frances adapts her approach to match each person’s needs, combining psychodynamic ideas with cognitive behavioural techniques to explore patterns and develop practical strategies. She brings a warm and compassionate manner to sessions and aims to help clients gain clearer self-understanding and take steps toward a more meaningful life. Frances holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which reflects her professional standing within the counselling field.

She supports clients facing life changes, coping difficulties and compassion fatigue, and offers focused help for issues such as self-esteem, anger, commitment concerns, control or dependent personality dynamics. Her practice is informed by evidence-based methods while remaining attentive to each individual’s story and goals.

Therapeutic approaches for online support and care

Frances draws on cognitive behavioural therapy - a practical approach that helps identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and offers tools for managing anxiety, low mood and stress. She also uses psychodynamic therapy to explore how early relationships and past experiences influence current feelings and relationships, which can be helpful for issues like attachment difficulties, abandonment and patterns in relationships. Attachment-Based Therapy is also part of her practice, focusing on how emotional bonds shape expectations and behaviour and supporting clients to form more secure connections.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Frances works with each person to assess their needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts methods over time so therapy remains relevant and effective for the individual.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities or limited local options. These formats make it possible to maintain continuity of care, access support from different locations and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable while working with registered professionals and therapists.