Counsellor profile
Francesca Dolan Wills, BACP
Counsellor - grief and life changes
See online counselling options- Grief and loss
- Stress and anxiety
- Career and work
About Francesca
Counsellor Francesca Dolan Wills is a BACP member with six years' professional experience. She works in the United Kingdom and helps people with stress, anxiety, grief and life changes, along with family and career concerns.
Francesca spent part of her career supporting people at a local hospice and with a pregnancy loss charity. She has also worked with larger UK services including the NHS and police employee support, and with charities focused on cancer and youth. Before training as a counsellor she worked for eight years as a work and employment coach for the UK government.
In recent years she has combined private practice with work for employee assistance programmes and charity services. That range of roles has led her to support people from many different religions and backgrounds. She writes plainly and uses practical ways to approach difficult feelings.
Her main methods include Client-Centred Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Mindfulness-based work, with elements of Solution-Focused Therapy when people want shorter-term planning. Sessions tend to focus on the issue you bring, and on practical steps you can try between meetings.
Francesca aims to make the first appointment straightforward. She asks new clients to complete a short questionnaire to match goals and to book a first session. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Working online with different counselling approaches
Francesca uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening and reflecting what you bring. It helps when someone needs time to make sense of feelings and be heard. She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which looks at patterns in relationships and strong emotions and can help when attachment or relationship pain is central.Mindfulness-based techniques are part of her approach too. These involve simple attention exercises and breathing work to reduce rumination and support stress management. Each approach is described plainly and used to meet the issue you bring, whether that is loss, anxiety, work stress or relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is a joint task. Francesca will discuss options and decide together with you which methods to try. She will check in and adjust the plan as you go, keeping the focus on what helps most for your goals.
The biography does not list which session formats she offers, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins and remove travel time. It also lets people choose whether to use video or not according to what feels most practical for them.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with grief, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, career difficulties and related concerns such as fertility and caregiving stress.
What style of counselling does she use?
She uses Client-Centred Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy and elements of Solution-Focused Therapy to suit the issue and the person.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional counselling experience and earlier worked for eight years as a work and employment coach.
Which professional body is she part of and where does she practise?
She is a member of the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted. Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.