Frances Dallison, BACP

Frances Dallison is a UK counsellor who helps people facing life changes and emotional strain. She draws on thirteen years of experience to support people dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood and issues around relationships and family. Frances also works with grief, loss, addiction and eating concerns, and offers a calm, compassionate presence during difficult times.

She adapts her way of working to each person. Frances uses ideas from psychodynamic therapy to look at how past experiences shape current feelings. She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and routines.

Sessions are conversational and practical. Clients can expect a mix of exploring feelings, noticing patterns, and trying small changes between meetings. Frances tries to keep things straightforward and relevant to everyday life.

Her practice pays attention to attachment and how it affects relationships and sense of self. This can help when concerns include abandonment, codependency, communication difficulties or commitment worries.

Frances aims to support people through career strain, parenting pressures, compassion fatigue and transitions that often appear in midlife. She works collaboratively, helping people set goals and find ways to feel more grounded and purposeful as they move forward.

How Frances uses therapy approaches online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape present feelings and closeness to others. It can help when abandonment, attachment or communication issues cause distress in close relationships.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience. The therapist listens without judgement and helps the person make sense of their feelings and decide what matters to them.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with more helpful ones. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and stress and gives clear strategies to practise between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Frances adapts methods to fit each person's needs, goals and preferences. She will talk through options and agree a plan together so the approach feels useful and manageable.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time, which helps people keep therapy going alongside work and family life.