Frances King , BACP, NCPS

Frances King is a UK-based counsellor who brings a warm, creative approach to supporting people through life transitions, relationship challenges, grief, trauma and a wide range of everyday difficulties. She is a registered member of the BACP and holds NCPS credentials - both are professional counselling qualifications - and she has combined experience working with people in private practice and supporting individuals and families affected by cancer.

Frances has been in private practice since 2018 and before that spent three years counselling people undergoing cancer treatment along with their families. She values the chance to help people move forward toward a more fulfilling life and finds that collaborative therapeutic work can be deeply rewarding. Having experienced life’s highs and lows herself, she draws on that personal insight to inform her clinical work.

Described by others as easy to talk to, Frances offers an empathic, non-judgmental space in which clients can explore thoughts and feelings. As an integrative counsellor she adapts methods to each person’s needs, combining talking therapy with creative tools such as visualisation, imagery, symbols and sand tray techniques to help express what can be hard to put into words.

She also works with couples, supporting relationships that want to improve and helping partners navigate a respectful, amicable ending when that is the decision. Frances focuses on building practical understanding and emotional connection to help clients find clearer direction and greater well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Frances uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and emotional responses - this approach can help with attachment issues, abandonment concerns and intimacy-related difficulties. She also works from a Client-Centered framework, offering an empathic, non-judgmental stance that helps clients feel heard and supported while they find their own solutions. In addition, Frances draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and gently challenge unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress management.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Frances takes a collaborative stance, working with each client to identify methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts interventions over time so that therapy remains practical and relevant.

Online therapy with Frances is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, giving flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives. These options make it easier to access help from home or while travelling, support consistent engagement, and allow clients to choose the mode of communication that feels most comfortable to them.