Counsellor profile
Francesca Redden, PACFA
Australia
PACFA clinician - somatic therapy and trauma work
Continue with FrancescaWhere Francesca stands
- Credentials
- PACFA
- Registration
- PACFA, Australia / 31463
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Australia
About
- Somatic therapy
- Trauma-informed care
- Mindfulness practice
About Francesca
Francesca Redden is a PACFA clinician with 10 years' experience working in Australia. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or changes in relationships and work. She also supports those facing trauma, family and intimacy issues, and concerns such as codependency and attachment struggles.
Francesca works from a body-based somatic perspective. She guides people to notice how tension and fear live in the body and to build simple practices that reduce reactivity. Sessions are grounded in person-centred care, which means the conversation follows the person's needs and priorities rather than a fixed agenda.
Her approach mixes somatic methods with trauma-focused work and mindfulness. That can include breathing and movement exercises, gentle tracking of sensations, and talking through difficult memories in a way that attends to the body's responses. Francesca also uses Internal Family Systems ideas to help people address conflicting inner parts and old attachment patterns.
Practical help is a core focus. People often work on setting boundaries, improving communication, managing responses to a partner's moods or drinking, and rebuilding a sense of self after loss or separation. Francesca teaches skills you can use between sessions to cope with intense feelings and reduce overwhelm.
She describes people as the experts in their own stories and looks for strengths to build on. To start, Francesca asks a few questions about current concerns and goals, then suggests simple, manageable steps for the early sessions.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Francesca commonly uses somatic therapy to help people notice how stress and trauma show up in the body. This approach uses gentle tracking of sensations and simple grounding practices to reduce reactivity and increase steadiness. She also draws on trauma-focused therapy to address distressing memories and feelings in an organised, paced way that honours the person's readiness.Mindfulness techniques are used alongside these methods to teach attention skills and self-regulation. Mindfulness practices can help with anxiety, rumination, and difficult emotions by training small, repeatable practices to be used between sessions. Francesca treats approach selection as collaborative and will discuss which methods fit a person's needs and goals during the first meetings.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, as specific online formats are not specified here. When arranging remote sessions, practical benefits are emphasised - it can be easier to fit short check-ins into a workday, choose a quieter time that suits you, or avoid travel time. The therapist will work with the person to plan sessions that suit rhythms of family life and commitments while focusing on concrete skills and body-based practices that translate into daily routines.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Francesca help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career challenges, depression and codependency-related issues.
What style of therapy does she use?
Her work combines person-centred therapy, somatic approaches, mindfulness and trauma-focused methods. Internal Family Systems ideas are sometimes used to work with different inner parts.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional experience working with people on stress, trauma, grief and related concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
Francesca is credentialed with PACFA and practises in Australia.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries book sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered to people in Australia.
How are sessions scheduled and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and 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.