Chantal Francis Therapy: Integrative psychotherapist in Reading, online across the UK

Starting therapy can feel overwhelming. There are so many different approaches, how do you know which one is right for you?

Integrative therapy recognises that you are unique, so your therapy should be too.

Rather than following one fixed approach, I draw on different evidence-based therapeutic modalities, tailoring our work to you, your experiences and what you need at different points in your therapy.

This means we can explore what is happening for you in a way that feels personal, relevant and meaningful, rather than trying to fit you into a particular model of therapy.

I work with clients online via Zoom, offering weekly sessions to clients across the UK and internationally.

Yes. What you share stays between us. The only exceptions are the ones every UK therapist works to: a serious risk to your safety or someone else's, or where the law requires it. As the BACP requires, I also take my work to confidential clinical supervision, where you are never identified. We go through these together before we start.

If something is bothering you enough that you are reading this, it is serious enough to talk about. Coping on the outside while running on empty is exactly what this work is for.

Then we start there. I will guide the first session, and you never have to tell the whole story on day one.

All of my practice is online, so this is how I work, not a substitute for something else. You are in your own space, with no journey there or back. The free call is on Zoom too, so you can see how it feels before you commit to anything.

There is no set number of sessions. Some people come for a few months, others for longer. We review together at agreed points, so the work always has a direction, and an ending you choose.

A regular weekly hour gives the work somewhere steady to happen, in a way an occasional conversation cannot. If weekly therapy is not what you want or need, the one-off consultation is there for a specific issue.

The free call is there so you can find out before paying anything. If it is not a fit, I will say so and point you towards someone who may suit you better.

In the UK anyone can call themselves a counsellor or therapist. As a Registered Member MBACP, I meet the BACP's standards for safe and ethical practice, work to its Ethical Framework and am accountable to its complaints process. You can check my entry on the public register.

Both are talking therapies, and my professional body, the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), covers both. Counselling often means shorter work on a particular difficulty. Psychotherapy tends to go deeper and can run for longer. As an integrative psychotherapist I can work either way, and we decide together what you need.

No. I am based in Reading, Berkshire, but all of my sessions are online by Zoom, which means I can work with people across the UK. There is no travelling, and you can be in your own space.

Because of the sensitive nature of this work, I do not ask clients for public reviews. The words on this page were shared with permission, and names are withheld. You can check my registration on the BACP public register (opens in a new tab).