Francesca Dolan Wills, BACP
6 years in practice
Francesca Dolan Wills is a counsellor with six years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 397132 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
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About Francesca
Francesca Dolan Wills is a counsellor with six years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration and has worked across hospices, pregnancy loss charities, the NHS and police support services. Francesca moved into independent practice in June 2023 and also provides support through cancer youth charities and employee assistance programmes.
She aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk about stress, anxiety, grief and life changes.
Background and approach
Sessions are intended to help someone make sense of difficult feelings and find practical ways to cope. Francesca uses straightforward language and a warm manner in sessions. Her work draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and Mindfulness approaches alongside Solution-Focused techniques.
That mix is useful for tackling relationship worries, parenting strains, career uncertainty and issues around intimacy or self‑esteem. She adapts the method to the person rather than following a set formula. Francesca has experience supporting people after pregnancy loss, during cancer and chronic illness, and while managing caregiver stress.
She also helps with sleep difficulties, body image, ADHD-related challenges and compassion fatigue. Much of her practice has involved working with people from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. In sessions she encourages practical steps as well as noticing emotional patterns.
She supports people to set realistic goals, try small changes and reflect on what works. The aim is steadier day-to-day coping and clearer thinking about next steps.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Francesca lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Francesca names
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Francesca uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people recognise and shift difficult emotional patterns in close relationships and personal life. That approach focuses on identifying core feelings and changing the way people respond to them, which can help with intimacy issues and recurring conflict.She also draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions and emphasises empathy and acceptance. This helps people feel heard and supported while they work through grief, self-esteem or life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Francesca will discuss needs, goals and preferences and together decide which methods fit best. She adapts the mix of approaches over time as progress and priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations, phone calls are helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins and text messaging allows ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and healthcare commitments and make it easier to access support from different locations.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Francesca help with?
She supports people with grief, anxiety, depression and stress as well as relationship and family problems. Other areas include parenting, career worries, intimacy issues and coping with chronic illness.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and straightforward, combining Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Client-Centred work with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques. Sessions focus on understanding feelings and trying practical steps.
What is her professional background?
She has six years of experience and has worked in hospices, pregnancy loss charities, the NHS and police support services. She also spent eight years as a work and employment coach before moving into counselling.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
Francesca practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients in English. She works remotely with people in other countries when arrangements suit both parties.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Different formats suit different needs, such as shorter check-ins by text or longer conversations by video.
How much do sessions cost?
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