Counsellor profile
David Francis, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and anxiety
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 400379
- Experience
- 4 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment-based work
- Client-centred approach
- CBT techniques
About David
David Francis is a counsellor with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and four years' experience. He offers therapeutic work for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes. He also addresses addiction issues, grief, trauma, intimacy concerns and problems linked to codependency.
David uses an integrative approach, drawing on attachment work, client-centred ways of relating and cognitive behavioural ideas. He adapts the focus to what a person brings in each session. Sessions are conversational and practical, with attention to patterns in relationships and everyday thinking that keep problems going.
He says people often come wanting help with communication problems, control issues, abandonment or attachment worries. He also works with body image, eating concerns, anger and the fallout from separation and domestic violence. The work often includes noticing repeated reactions and trying different responses in small steps.
The therapist offers face-to-face online sessions and telephone appointments. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a first session is scheduled through the service's online options. Fees vary with location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
David describes the process as collaborative. He helps people look at patterns, practice different ways of relating, and build practical coping strategies. He will discuss which methods may suit a person's goals as work continues.
How sessions work
How David uses attachment, client-centred and CBT work online
David often combines attachment-based ideas with client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques. Attachment work looks at how early relationship patterns show up now and can help with abandonment, trust and intimacy problems. Client-centred work focuses on listening and reflecting so the person can explore ideas and feelings at their own pace. CBT helps identify unhelpful thinking and test different behaviours to reduce anxiety and low mood.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the online process. The therapist will talk through what matters to the person, outline options and agree together which methods to try. That decision is reviewed as sessions progress so the approach can change if needed.
The biography states he offers face-to-face online sessions and telephone appointments, so confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter telephone check-ins when needed and remove travel time. The collaborative focus stays the same whether meeting by video or phone: noticing patterns, trying small changes and practising new ways of relating.
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Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does he help with?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, low self-esteem and depression. He also works with addictions, grief, trauma and intimacy-related concerns.
How does he approach therapy?
He uses an integrative style that includes attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches. Sessions focus on patterns in relationships and practical steps to try differently.
What experience does he have?
He has four years of clinical experience working with the listed concerns and additional focus areas such as abandonment, communication problems and codependency.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with him?
He is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available and how much do they cost?
The biography mentions face-to-face online sessions and telephone appointments. Costs vary by location and are arranged via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with him?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.