Francesca Polini, BACP

Francesca Polini is a psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP and has five years of clinical experience. She speaks English and Italian and works with people who want help for stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression.

Her background includes living and working in several countries, which shaped how she notices cultural differences and identity questions. That experience informs how she listens and what she looks for in conversations about belonging, loss and change. Francesca uses an integrative approach so sessions can be adjusted to each person’s needs.

In practice she focuses on attachment issues and relationship patterns that repeat over time. She also helps people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, blended family concerns, and the emotional impact of chronic illness or caregiving. She offers support around body image, codependency, commitment worries, communication problems and control issues.

Her methods draw from client-centred work, psychodynamic ideas, Jungian thinking and somatic awareness, and she also uses hypnotherapy when appropriate. Sessions aim to build clearer self-understanding and steadier ways of managing emotions and relationships. Francesca frames therapy as a collaborative process where the person sets the pace and priorities.

To begin, clients complete an online matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability. The service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How Francesca's approaches translate to remote sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps when someone wants to understand repeated relationship problems and build more secure ways of relating. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist, offering empathic listening and support so people can find their own answers and feel heard.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Francesca will discuss different methods with each person and adapt the work to fit their goals and preferences. Together they decide what to try first and review progress as therapy continues.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, requiring less travel and allowing appointments during lunch breaks or after work. It can also suit people who prefer a quieter check-in or who want to work without being on camera for the whole time. Registered or accredited professionals offer these practical benefits when they use distance sessions as part of their practice.