Francesca Redden , PACFA

Francesca Redden is an experienced counsellor based in Australia who brings a body-centered, trauma-informed perspective to therapeutic work. Over a decade of professional practice has shaped her focus on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, self-esteem, relationship healing, motivation and confidence. She also supports clients navigating life transitions such as relationship endings and career changes, and works with a broad range of concerns including parenting, family dynamics, intimacy-related issues, anger, and career-related stress.

As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Francesca specializes in working with how the body holds and processes stress and trauma, helping people develop bodily resources that promote a greater sense of safety and ease. Her practice is also grounded in person-centered principles - she meets clients where they are, listens for their priorities, and respects the client as the expert of their own story. Francesca integrates mindfulness, inner parts work, and nervous system healing to support deeper regulation and healing from early or birth-related trauma.

Francesca holds a PACFA credential - PACFA is the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia - and she serves as a clinical supervisor within that framework. Her approach emphasizes practical resource-building alongside compassionate support, with the aim of helping people access inner wisdom, strengthen resilience, and move through life with more confidence and ease. She frames the therapeutic relationship as a collaborative process and offers support for clients taking the courageous step toward change.

Somatic and Person-Centered Care Delivered Online

Francesca works from a somatic perspective that focuses on how the body stores and releases stress and trauma - this approach helps people develop bodily resources and greater regulation so they can move through difficult experiences with more ease. She also uses client-centered therapy, which centers the client’s priorities and supports self-directed growth through empathetic listening and collaborative goal-setting. Internal Family Systems is another tool in her work - this approach gently explores different parts of the self to reduce internal conflict and build compassion toward previously excluded aspects of experience.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Francesca treats that as a collaborative exploration. She will work with each person to identify which methods best fit their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting techniques over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be held via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, allowing people to access support from home or while balancing other commitments. These options make it easier to sustain regular work, try different modalities, and tailor the pace and format of sessions to individual comfort and accessibility.