Francesca Dolan Wills, BACP
Practical counselling for parenting and life changes
Book with Francesca- Years in practice
- 6
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Self esteem
- Focus
- Career difficulties
About Francesca
Francesca Dolan Wills is a counsellor with six years of professional experience working across health, charity and public-sector settings in the United Kingdom. She combines previous work as an employment coach with clinical practice to support people facing stress, anxiety and major life changes.
Francesca has also provided therapy in hospice and pregnancy-loss settings and worked with employee assistance programmes and NHS services. Francesca aims to make sessions straightforward and practical.
Background and approach
She creates a calm space where clients can talk through difficult feelings without fear of judgement. Sessions often focus on immediate concerns such as coping with grief, adjusting to change, work pressures and low mood. Her background includes several years supporting people affected by pregnancy loss and cancer, plus experience with family and relationship strains.
Francesca uses that experience to help people who are navigating caregiving stress, fertility challenges, blended family questions and career transitions. She draws on approaches that centre the client’s experience and build emotional understanding alongside practical steps. Mindfulness techniques and solution-focused conversations are used to identify what helps now and what small changes could make daily life easier.
Francesca works in English and accepts international clients. She has been running a independent practice since June 2023 while also contributing to charities and larger services. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make initial contacts as straightforward as possible.
What Francesca works with
Everything Francesca lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Francesca helps people with.
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Francesca lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Francesca’s approaches work in online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and the therapeutic relationship. It gives space for clients to share what matters most and helps them find their own answers. This approach is useful when someone needs a listening space to sort feelings and make decisions.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and work with emotions that drive patterns in relationships and personal wellbeing. It is helpful for those struggling with intimacy-related issues, communication problems or strong cycles of emotion.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Francesca will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has helped before. Together they choose techniques that suit the issue and the pace the person prefers.
Online sessions offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow a face-to-face feel when discussing complex topics. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts between sessions or use a quieter format when that is easier to fit into a day. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to arrange around family and work commitments.
Questions people ask about Francesca
What concerns does Francesca commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and life changes, and works with issues such as parenting, career difficulties and relationship or family strain.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and client-centred, combining emotional understanding with concrete steps like mindfulness exercises and solution-focused planning.
What is Francesca's background in counselling?
She has six years of professional experience, including work in a hospice, a pregnancy loss charity, NHS services and employee assistance programmes.
What credentials and location information are relevant?
She holds BACP accreditation and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Francesca works online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
How are costs and payments handled?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Francesca?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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