Francesca Polini, BACP

Francesca Polini is a psychotherapist registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her personal and professional paths have been shaped by lived experience and a long-standing curiosity about how identity and culture intersect with emotional life. She brings an international perspective, having lived in multiple countries and developed multilingual skills that inform a sensitive, culturally aware approach to therapy.

Francesca works in an integrative way, drawing on several therapeutic modalities to tailor care to each person's needs rather than offering a one-size-fits-all method. This flexibility helps her support people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression, as well as a wide range of related concerns such as attachment and adoption issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image. She emphasizes openness and attention to the complexities of identity, helping clients explore both personal history and present challenges. Francesca welcomes the opportunity to connect and to shape therapy around each client’s goals and circumstances.

Approaches and Online Support from Francesca

Francesca uses attachment-based work to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and emotional safety - this can be especially helpful for people dealing with relationship struggles, abandonment concerns, or attachment issues. She also practices client-centered therapy, which focuses on creating an accepting, nonjudgmental environment where the client's own goals and insights guide the pace and direction of change. In addition, Francesca draws on psychodynamic ideas to help clients uncover recurring themes and unconscious patterns that influence mood, relationships, and self-image.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Francesca collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit best with their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts the work as understanding deepens. This collaborative stance helps ensure therapy remains relevant and responsive.

Online sessions offer flexible ways to engage - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow clients to choose what feels most practical and comfortable. For many people this accessibility makes it easier to keep consistent appointments, manage work and family commitments, and access registered professionals from different locations while maintaining ongoing therapeutic progress.