Francesca Palazzolo, PACFA
10 years in practice
Francesca Palazzolo is a PACFA counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and related concerns.
License and registration
- PACFA
- 22960 · expires June 2026
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Francesca
Francesca Palazzolo is a PACFA counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and related concerns. She aims to make the first step feel manageable and meets people with steady, non-judgemental support. Francesca uses a conversational style in sessions.
She encourages people to talk about what matters to them and listens closely to their concerns. The room is kept calm and practical, with a focus on small steps that can be tried between meetings.
Background and approach
Her work draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Those methods are used to reduce unhelpful thinking, build coping skills and strengthen how people relate to themselves and others. She also uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.
With ten years of experience in Australia Francesca has supported people through grief, body image and eating concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, and the stress of life changes. She also addresses addiction, co-morbidity and communication difficulties in a practical way. Sessions are offered in English and use a straightforward, collaborative plan.
Francesca works with each person to set realistic goals and reviews progress regularly so therapy stays focused and useful.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Francesca lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Francesca names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Francesca uses therapy approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and then commit to actions that fit their values. It can help with anxiety, depression and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving; it is useful for anxiety, mood and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current patterns and can support work on intimacy, abandonment and bonding issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Francesca will discuss options with each person and choose methods together based on their goals, preferences and how they respond in early sessions. That collaborative planning helps make therapy feel more relevant and easier to stick with.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls support longer, face-to-face style sessions; phone sessions can be an easier option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, brief skills practice and people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Francesca support?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem and career-related stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Francesca keeps sessions calm and conversational. She focuses on short-term steps and practical skills while listening without judgement.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working with these kinds of concerns in Australia.
What credentials and location are listed?
Francesca is listed with PACFA and practises in Australia.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost work for sessions?
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