Caroline de Francesca

I currently have space for new clients on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

I am committed to building a relationship with my client where we can safely explore the issues that are holding you back from experiencing your life as you would like to.  

My practice focuses on self exploration and building awareness of mind and body processes to nuture understanding and restore balance. 

I bring to my practice my experience as a social worker of over 30 years working predominantly in the field of fostering.  I have been continuously amazed by the unique potential of every human being and the power of a healing relationship.    

I trained for 4 years as a gestalt psychotherapist.  This approach speaks to me as it focuses on what is being experienced now, through our bodies as well as through our thoughts and feelings and the meaning we make of this.  By expanding our awareness we can expand our choices and our ability to overcome patterns of behaviour that are not serving us anymore. 

Between us we will experiment with new and creative ways to navigate the issues you bring to therapy. I invite you to explore your experience and to meet you where you are.  To support you to find your own agency so change can come from within.        

Gestalt is generally a therapy where there is no time limit and lasts as long as a client wishes.

The first step is to meet and see if we feel we can work together.  The therapeutic relationship is a joint venture between us and there is an emphasis on the here and now and how past experiences can interupt the process of living your life fully.  

Sessions are usually weekly but there is flexibility and we will discuss this when we meet.  

I work with people who are experiencing a range of challenges including anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, relationship issues and gender, sex and relationship diversity.