About Frances
Frances Fraser helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or life changes. She works with concerns such as low self-esteem, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy questions, addiction and career uncertainty. Her tone is warm and straightforward and she aims to make the first step feel manageable.
Frances uses a client-centred way of working that treats the person, not the problem. Sessions give people space to tell their story while the counsellor reflects back what she hears.
How Frances works
Together they identify strengths and practical next steps to try between meetings. She has eight years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. That experience includes helping people address family conflict, blended family stress and fatherhood challenges, as well as issues linked to abandonment, attachment and family of origin.
Other areas Frances often supports are body image, guilt and shame, loneliness, infidelity and money worries. She also works with people facing depression, ADHD-related concerns and coping after difficult events. The focus is on small, doable changes rather than quick fixes.
People work with Frances by talking through what matters most to them and testing changes between sessions. She emphasises practical steps, steady progress and using each person’s existing strengths to move forward.
Frances lists one way 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
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Client-centred support online
Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work. The counsellor listens, reflects and helps you say what matters most so you can discover your own solutions. This approach is often useful for stress, anxiety, self-esteem and relationship questions.Frances focuses on practical steps and building on strengths. She will work with each person to decide which ways of working feel most helpful. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process and she will adapt methods to match goals and preferences as therapy unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or suit lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can fit into busy days or provide ongoing reflection between meetings. This range helps people fit counselling around work, childcare and different routines.
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