About Frances
Frances Dallison is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage anxiety, low mood and stress. She works with individuals facing relationship and family difficulties, addictions, grief and self‑esteem concerns. Her style is warm and compassionate and she aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for busy lives.
Frances has 13 years of experience in counselling and draws on several proven approaches. She adapts her method to each person's needs rather than using a single fixed model.
How Frances works
Sessions focus on understanding what keeps unhelpful patterns in place and on small changes that make daily life easier. She combines elements of psychodynamic thinking with cognitive behavioural techniques to look at how past experiences shape current feelings and behaviours. Frances also uses attachment-based ideas to explore how early relationships influence trust and closeness in adult life.
Mindfulness practices are sometimes used to manage intense emotions and reduce stress. In practical terms Frances helps people notice rigid thinking, challenge unhelpful beliefs and try new ways of relating. Therapy can include talking, reflecting on relationship patterns and short exercises to practise between sessions.
The aim is clearer self-understanding and more useful ways of coping day to day. Frances describes her work as collaborative; she listens and adjusts the pace to suit each person. She supports people through life changes such as separation, loss, career shifts and periods of high pressure.
Her approach is steady, direct and focused on what will help most now.
Frances lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Frances works with
The areas below are the ones Frances selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Frances uses therapeutic approaches online
Frances commonly blends cognitive behavioural therapy and attachment‑based work in online sessions. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical exercises, which can reduce anxiety and low mood. Attachment‑based work looks at patterns of relating and trust formed early in life and helps people change how they connect with others.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Frances will work collaboratively to decide what fits best for each person based on their goals and experiences. She checks in about pace and focus so the plan can change as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text‑based messaging. Video is useful for in‑depth conversation and visual connection, phone calls suit those with less bandwidth, live chat is helpful for brief check‑ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical change.
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