Hayden François , BACP

Hayden François is a BACP-registered therapist based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. He works from an integrative counselling approach, combining different therapeutic skills and methods to match each person’s needs. BACP refers to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists.

Hayden regularly supports people facing anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, grief, addictions, and issues related to self-esteem and intimacy. He also works with clients navigating LGBT matters, parenting and blended family challenges, career concerns, ADHD and bipolar-related coping, eating and body-image issues, and a variety of attachment and adoption-related concerns. His additional focus areas include caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and complex family dynamics.

He approaches therapy with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, tailoring conversations and treatment plans to each individual. Hayden offers practical tools and coping strategies while providing a nonjudgmental space for people to express themselves and explore change. He acknowledges that taking the first step into counselling can require courage and seeks to support clients through their journeys of self-understanding, growth, and healing. Hayden accepts international clients and offers sessions via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Online therapeutic approaches that fit your life

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to take committed steps toward what matters most. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and situations where old patterns hinder meaningful action.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships and attachment patterns shape current ways of relating to others and to oneself. It can help with relationship difficulties, abandonment concerns, and ongoing patterns of emotional connection.

Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s lived experience at the center of the work, emphasizing empathy, active listening, and personal autonomy to support self-discovery and growth. This approach suits people seeking a supportive, person-led space to process emotions and make changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Hayden works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods align best with their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, and may draw on more than one approach as the work evolves.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, to maintain continuity across locations, and to access registered professionals when in-person appointments are not possible. These options allow people to receive consistent support in a way that suits their daily life.