Counsellor profile
Frances King , BACP, NCPS
United Kingdom
Counsellor - relationships and codependency
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- Credentials
- BACP, NCPS
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 374721; NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS23-05406
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment based
- Client centred
- Creative techniques
About Frances
Frances King is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a member of the National Centre for Pastoral Supervision (NCPS). She has worked in private practice since 2018 and previously counselled people affected by cancer and their families for three years. Frances focuses on issues such as stress, anxiety, relationships, codependency and grief, and she also supports people with self-esteem, anger and sleep problems.
She works in a straightforward, conversational way. Sessions are a mix of talking and creative techniques when words are hard to find. Frances uses imagery, visualisation and symbolic methods alongside discussion to help people notice patterns and reactions that keep them stuck.
Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centred principles, with some cognitive behavioural methods to address unhelpful thinking and behaviour. This means conversations look at current difficulties and the relationships that shape them, while also practising small changes that can make daily life easier.
Frances has six years of experience in counselling and brings personal experience of life challenges to her work. She offers relationship and couples counselling, including support to improve a partnership or to work through an agreed, amicable ending.
Sessions are conducted in English in the United Kingdom. Frances asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session to begin the work.
How sessions work
Approaches and practical online counselling options
Frances draws on attachment-based work to look at how relationships shape feelings and behaviour; this can help with issues like codependency, abandonment worries and intimacy difficulties. Client-centred practice places the person's experience at the heart of sessions, emphasising being listened to and understood while deciding the next steps together. Cognitive behavioural ideas are used to notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioural experiments that reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is something the therapist will do together with the client. Frances will discuss aims, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods as the work progresses. That means a plan can change as new things become clearer during sessions.
The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a day, for example by avoiding travel, allowing shorter check-ins between commitments, or removing the need to be on camera for every meeting. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use different ways of meeting, and Frances will explain the practical arrangements when you start.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Frances works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, codependency and grief, among other concerns such as self-esteem and sleep problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
She mixes talking with creative methods like imagery and visualisation, plus approaches that look at relationships and thinking patterns.
How much experience does she have?
Frances has six years of counselling experience and previously worked with people affected by cancer and their families for three years.
What professional registrations does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and is a member of NCPS, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your 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.