Francesca Polini, BACP
5 years in practice
Francesca Polini offers a reflective, Jungian-informed way of working that helps people explore life themes and inner patterns.
License and registration
- BACP
- 412396 · expires March 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English, Italian
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Francesca
Francesca Polini offers a reflective, Jungian-informed way of working that helps people explore life themes and inner patterns. She brings five years of clinical experience and a registered BACP credential to her practice. Francesca speaks English and Italian and draws on lived experience of living in several countries to inform her approach.
In sessions she uses depth-oriented thinking alongside practical, person-centred listening. That means noticing recurring dreams, images or patterns alongside everyday problems like anxiety or low mood.
Background and approach
She explains ideas plainly and helps people connect insight with small, doable steps between sessions. People often come for help with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem or depression. Francesca also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and challenges linked to adoption and blended families.
Conversations focus on what matters now and what patterns may be feeding old difficulties. Her style blends Jungian exploration with attachment-based and client-centred ways of relating. Hypnotherapy and psychodynamic ideas are used where they suit the person’s goals.
The result is tailored support that can move between emotional processing and practical problem solving. Francesca offers video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to reach people across the United Kingdom and beyond. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair people with the right scheduling option and format.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Francesca lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Francesca names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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Online support
Exploring depth and attachment online
Francesca draws on Jungian Therapy to help people notice recurring images, dreams and life themes. This approach helps make sense of deep patterns that affect mood, relationships and self-image. She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current ways of relating, which is useful for communication, trust and commitment issues.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Francesca will talk with each person about their aims and preferences and will suggest ways of working that match those goals. Sessions can shift over time if someone wants more insight work or more practical coping strategies.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets people preserve visual connection for deeper dialogue while phone sessions can suit quieter check-ins or lower bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, shorter reflections or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life or travel, and they allow people across the United Kingdom and internationally to access the same therapeutic approaches.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Francesca help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. Other focus areas include attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiving stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Francesca combines Jungian depth work with attachment-based and client-centred approaches. Sessions mix reflective exploration with straightforward, practical steps to try between meetings.
What experience does she bring?
She has five years of clinical experience working with adults and brings international life experience from living in several countries. That background informs her cultural sensitivity and outlook.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She practises from the United Kingdom and holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian. International clients are also accepted.
What session formats are available?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Exact fees are provided during the matching and scheduling process.
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