Francesca Palazzolo, PACFA

Francesca Palazzolo is a PACFA counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, addiction concerns and trauma. She writes in a warm, straightforward way and welcomes the courage it takes to reach out for support.

She aims to make the first steps easy. Sessions focus on listening without judgement and helping people name what matters to them. Francesca works with everyday worries like sleep, eating, anger, self‑esteem and career pressure, as well as more complex issues such as grief, intimacy concerns and coping with big life changes.

Her approach blends practical strategies with a focus on emotions and relationships. She draws on methods that help people change unhelpful thinking and build clearer connections with others. Francesca also uses work that looks at patterns formed in early attachments and how these affect current relationships.

Over a decade in the field has given her experience with a wide range of concerns, including codependency, communication problems, domestic violence, and substance use issues. She supports people dealing with blended family stresses, caregiver strain, cancer related distress, and feelings linked to abandonment.

Francesca tailors sessions to each person’s needs. She encourages small, achievable steps and checks in about what is and isn’t working. Her style is calm, direct and compassionate, aiming to help people feel less stuck and more able to make choices that fit their values.

How Francesca’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and life changes where someone wants clearer direction. Attachment‑Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people understand and change how they relate to others. It can help with intimacy, abandonment concerns and relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is usually collaborative. Francesca will work with the client to identify what feels most useful. That might mean trying a practical thinking tool one week and focusing on attachment patterns the next, based on the person’s goals and preferences.

Confirm the current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them explicitly. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time and let people attend from a quieter location. It also allows shorter check‑ins when time is tight or sessions that do not require being on camera. Discussing these practical options during scheduling helps match the format to everyday life and commitments.