Counsellor profile
Francesca Palazzolo, PACFA
Australia
PACFA counsellor - Anger and relationships
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- CredentialsPACFA
- RegistrationPACFA, Australia / 22960
- Experience10 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationAustralia
About
- ACT and CBT methods
- Attachment-based work
- Skills for impulse control
About Francesca
Francesca Palazzolo is a PACFA counsellor in Australia with 10 years of experience. She works with people who struggle with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, and related concerns. Francesca writes plainly and directly in sessions, helping people talk through upsetting thoughts and strong feelings.
She offers straightforward, practical collaboration rather than labels or lectures. Sessions focus on what matters now - managing impulses, spotting patterns that feed anger, and finding ways to respond differently at work and at home. Francesca uses clear tools and exercises from evidence-informed approaches to build skills for everyday life.
Her background includes work across a range of presenting issues such as intimacy concerns, grief, eating and sleeping problems, self-esteem, and career stress. Francesca also addresses attachment and abandonment issues, blended family struggles, codependency, and substance use. She draws on several clinical approaches to match technique to the problem at hand.
Conversations in her room are practical and paced to the individual. People learn skills to calm immediate reactions, and strategies to reduce longer-term resentment and frustration. Francesca supports exploration of relationship patterns and helps people practise new ways of communicating and coping.
If someone wants a direct, skills-focused counsellor who also pays attention to relationship roots of anger, Francesca offers that blend. To begin, follow the site's booking prompts and complete the short matching questionnaire.
How sessions work
Approaches used in online sessions
Francesca commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and choosing actions that align with values, which can help reduce reactive anger and improve decision-making. Attachment-Based Therapy examines relational patterns and early connections that shape how people respond when they feel threatened or rejected, useful for intimacy and abandonment concerns.She treats approach selection as collaborative. Early sessions are used to understand a person's goals and preferences, and to try methods that fit how they like to work. Francesca will discuss which approaches feel most useful and adjust as needed, so the way you work together can change over time based on what helps.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Discussing session length, frequency and practical arrangements happens during booking so sessions can be arranged to suit everyday routines and responsibilities.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, self-esteem and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, focusing on skills you can use straight away and exploring relationship patterns that affect anger.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and behavioural concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is credentialed with PACFA and practises in Australia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.