Frances King

Frances King is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing grief, loss and end-of-life concerns alongside a wide range of emotional and relationship difficulties. She draws on six years of practice and earlier experience counselling people affected by cancer to help people cope with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain.

Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She aims to create an empathic, non-judgemental space where people can talk through difficult feelings. Frances uses talking therapies alongside creative techniques such as visualisation, imagery and sand tray work when words are hard to find.

She works with issues including trauma and abuse, family problems, intimacy-related worries, parenting and sleeping difficulties. Frances also supports people with anger, low self-esteem, dissociation and challenges around commitment and communication.

Her approach is integrative, drawing on attachment-based ideas, client-centred practice, cognitive behavioural techniques, hypnotherapy and Imago relationship work. This mix lets her adapt sessions to each person’s needs and goals rather than following one fixed method.

Frances holds BACP and NCPS credentials and practises in the UK. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and aims to help people find clearer thinking, more effective coping, and better ways to manage relationships and life changes.

Approaches that translate to online counselling

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape how people feel and connect now. It helps when problems involve trust, fear of abandonment or difficulty with closeness. Client-centred therapy gives attention to the person’s experience and pacing, offering non-judgemental listening and helping people find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and can help with anxiety, low mood and unhelpful behaviour patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Frances will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person’s needs and goals, and can adapt techniques as sessions progress. That way therapy stays practical and relevant to everyday life.

Please confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some approaches translate well across distance - for example, conversation-based client-centred work and CBT tools can be used in remote sessions, while guided visualisation or imagery can also be adapted for online meetings. Registered or accredited professionals often find ways to make therapy practical for a person’s daily routine, and Frances can discuss what will work best during the initial match process.