About Hayden
Hayden François helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief or the day-to-day weight of life. He also supports those facing relationship strain, issues around intimacy, addiction concerns, and questions about identity, including LGBT matters. Hayden writes in a warm, direct way and aims to make the first steps into counselling feel simple and manageable.
He uses a blend of conversational and structured approaches so sessions fit what the person brings.
How Hayden works
Conversations focus on what matters most to the client now. Hayden offers practical tools for coping, clearer ways to think through problems, and space to talk through painful experiences at a pace that suits the person. Hayden trained and works within approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centred Therapy.
He draws on these to tailor sessions and to help people try small changes between meetings. Hayden holds BACP, which is shown in his credentials. Sessions can cover a wide range of topics from parenting stress and career changes to eating and body image concerns, addiction and trauma, and challenges linked to neurodiversity.
He pays attention to how relationships and early attachment can shape present difficulties, and he will help people notice patterns that get in the way of what they want. Hayden aims for a respectful, non-judgemental space where people can practise new ways of managing feelings and make decisions that fit their values.
He encourages practical steps and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Hayden lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Hayden works with
The areas below are the ones Hayden selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps that match those values. It focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, which can help with anxiety, depression and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It often uses short exercises and experiments that can be carried out between sessions to reduce symptoms and build new habits.
Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand and change ways of relating that cause pain or distance in important relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Hayden will listen to your goals and preferences and recommend the mix of methods that feels most helpful. He treats the choice as collaborative and will adjust techniques as you try them.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video lets you use visual cues during deeper conversations, while phone sessions can fit into a shorter break or need less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, written reflection or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around work, family and travel commitments.
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