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Francesca Martin, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 17 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefSelf esteemCoping with life changes
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Francesca Martin is a counsellor with 17 years of experience. She is a BACP member and has worked in schools and counselling agencies. Francesca has supported people with a wide range of concerns, especially relationship difficulties and alcohol-related issues.
She trained as a person-centred counsellor and has an additional qualification in couples counselling. Francesca has also completed continuing professional development in online and telephone counselling and works as a counselling supervisor.
Background and approach
Her work tends to be warm and listening-led. She helps people talk through what is worrying them and find options that feel right for them. She does not direct decisions; she offers acceptance, reflection and practical ways to make sense of problems.
Francesca has experience supporting young people and adults in schools and agencies. She has particular knowledge of addiction-related concerns and relationship strain, and also helps with grief, anxiety, stress, self-esteem and life changes. Sessions can cover issues such as parenting pressures, career doubts, intimacy and communication problems, and long-term conditions like chronic pain or caregiver stress.
People also seek her help with attachment, abandonment, autism-related challenges and mood difficulties. She works in English and sees clients in the United Kingdom. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
Person-centred approaches and online therapy
Francesca practises person-centred therapy, which centres on listening and empathy. The counsellor gives space for people to talk and reflect, helping them make sense of feelings and find their own direction. This approach suits concerns like relationship strain, low self-esteem and life changes.She also brings experience from couples work and from supporting people with addiction and school-based issues. Those strands inform how she listens and asks questions, tailoring the conversation to the person in front of her. Finding the right therapeutic fit is a collaborative process and she will work with clients to decide which ways of working feel most helpful for their goals.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations, phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in, and chat or messaging suits people who prefer typing or need flexibility. These formats help fit therapy around work, caregiving and busy days while keeping the focus on the therapeutic relationship.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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