Frances King , BACP, NCPS

Frances King is a UK-based counsellor who welcomes people seeking support through relationship challenges, anxiety, stress, grief, trauma and a wide range of life changes. She is a registered member of the BACP and holds NCPS accreditation - the BACP signifying professional membership for counsellors in the United Kingdom and the NCPS indicating clinical professional standing - and she brings a compassionate, person-focused approach to her private work.

She has been in private practice since 2018 and spent three years prior supporting people undergoing cancer treatment and their families, an experience that shaped her commitment to practical, hopeful care. Frances trained as an integrative counsellor, which allows her to blend different therapeutic methods to suit each person she works with, and she also offers couples and relationship counselling whether the goal is to repair connection or to manage an amicable ending.

Frances describes herself as a creative counsellor and uses visualisation, imagery, symbols and sand tray work alongside talking therapy to help clients express thoughts and feelings that can feel hard to put into words. She says her own experience of life’s highs and lows informs her practice and adds empathy and understanding to sessions. Clients report that she is easy to talk to and that she provides an empathic, non-judgmental space to explore change and build a more fulfilling future.

Approaches and Online Support for Relationships and Wellbeing

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of connection developed in close relationships and helps people understand how early attachment experiences shape current emotions and relationship responses. It can be useful for issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties and intimacy-related concerns.

Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the heart of the work, offering a respectful, empathetic listening stance that helps individuals explore their values, strengths and choices. This approach supports self-esteem, coping with life changes and personal growth.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns to reduce symptoms of anxiety, low mood and stress. It offers practical tools and structured strategies that people can apply between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Frances works collaboratively with clients to select or combine methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. Together they review what is helping and adapt the plan as the work progresses.

Online therapy with Frances is available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options help people access registered professionals from home or while juggling family, work and other commitments, making it easier to fit support into everyday life.