Francesca Dolan Wills, BACP

Francesca Dolan Wills is a BACP counsellor with six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She began her career supporting people through work and employment coaching and later moved into therapeutic roles across hospice care, a pregnancy loss charity and larger public services. She now works in independent practice and with charitable and employee assistance programmes.

Her background includes supporting people with stress, anxiety and coping with life changes. She helps those facing grief and loss, including infertility and pregnancy loss. Francesca also addresses career difficulties and a wide range of family problems.

Francesca uses client-centred ways of working to build a non-judgemental space where people can speak openly. She draws on emotionally-focused ideas to look at how feelings shape relationships. Mindfulness and solution-focused tools are used when practical steps or coping skills are needed.

Her experience with a hospice, charities and public services has meant working with people from many faiths and backgrounds. Prior to therapy work, she spent eight years as a work and employment coach for the UK government, which informs her practical approach to career and life-change concerns.

Francesca aims to help people notice what matters, try small changes, and find clearer ways to cope. She encourages a collaborative approach where goals are set together and reviewed as progress is made.

How Francesca blends approaches for online therapy

Francesca works from a client-centred stance that puts the person's priorities first. This approach means sessions focus on the individual's experience and what they want to change, helping with anxiety, low mood, bereavement and relationship concerns.

She also offers elements of Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which looks at how emotions shape patterns between people and helps with intimacy-related worries and communication problems. Mindfulness techniques are used to help people notice bodily and mental patterns, reduce stress and manage overwhelming feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Francesca will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. She reviews progress together and adapts the plan as needs shift.

Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find remote sessions help them keep continuity of care while juggling work, family or treatment schedules.