- Attachment approaches
- CBT and DBT techniques
- Career and grief support
About Luisa
Luisa Passalacqua is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 12 years of professional experience. She helps people who feel stuck after changes at work, in relationships, or with health. She also supports those facing anxiety, depression, grief, family problems and issues around career and identity.
She works with people dealing with trauma, abuse and anger, and with those who struggle with sleep or addictive behaviours. Parents and people managing relationship and intimacy concerns often come to her for practical ways to cope. She also offers help around self-esteem, compassion fatigue and the difficulties that follow separation or loss.
In sessions she uses approaches that include attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and elements from dialectical behaviour therapy and existential work. That means conversations focus on current problems, how patterns formed, and small experiments to change unhelpful routines. Sessions are grounded and pragmatic rather than abstract.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation about what feels hard now, and clear steps to try between meetings. Luisa speaks English, French and Italian, and she accepts international clients. She advises people to choose the See online therapy options button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Her work is aimed at adults navigating life transitions who want to find more direction and manageable ways to carry on. She explains methods in plain language and helps people pick approaches that fit their situation.
How Luisa uses therapeutic approaches online
Luisa works with attachment-based ideas that look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people understand why they react strongly in close relationships and offers ways to form more reliable connections. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behaviour to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and lift mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Then she and the client decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is reviewed, so the plan remains collaborative and flexible.
If you intend to work online, please confirm the exact session formats before booking as the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings around work or family life, reduce travel time and allow check-ins from different locations. Shorter or focused check-ins can be arranged when people need a quicker conversation, while longer sessions are available for deeper issues. Registered or accredited professionals can help match session length and frequency to everyday routines so therapy fits into a normal week.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, French, Italian
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with related to life direction?
She helps people with career questions, coping with life changes, feelings of emptiness and finding direction after loss or separation.
How does she approach someone who feels stuck?
She combines client-centred listening with attachment and cognitive behavioural methods to identify patterns and try practical steps between sessions.
What is her professional background and experience?
She is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 12 years of professional experience working in mental health and counselling settings.
Where is she located and how is her registration described?
She works in the United Kingdom and is credentialed with the BACP as stated in her profile.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, French and Italian.
Does she work with clients outside the UK?
She accepts international clients, so people based in other countries can enquire about working together.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.