Luisa Passalacqua, BACP

Luisa Passalacqua is a counsellor who uses an approachable, client-focused style to help people make practical changes. She combines conversational support with structured tools to address stress, anxiety and relationship concerns. Luisa speaks English, French and Italian and works from the United Kingdom.

Over 12 years of practice, Luisa has supported people facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, and sleep problems. She also helps those managing anger, addiction and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar. Her work includes supporting people with parenting strains, grief, intimacy issues and the transitions that come with ageing and geriatric issues.

Her sessions aim to be non-judgemental and straightforward. Luisa uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect present patterns. She brings in cognitive behavioural techniques to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.

She also draws on client-centred ways of working, where the person sets the pace and the therapist reflects what they hear. When helpful, skills from dialectical behaviour therapy are used to manage intense feelings and improve coping. Existential approaches are offered to help people find meaning during life transitions.

Luisa describes starting therapy as a courageous step and focuses on practical steps you can take between sessions. Her BACP credential is shown as the professional registration she holds in the UK. To begin, follow the site process to match and schedule a first meeting.

How Luisa’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice repeated ways they relate to others. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person sets the pace and direction of sessions. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, targets specific thoughts and behaviours and offers clear exercises to try between meetings.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative planning can be adjusted as progress is made.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time so it is easier to keep regular appointments. Some people prefer shorter check-ins when life is hectic, while others choose longer sessions to focus on relationship or grief work. Confirm the available session formats before booking so you know how meetings will be arranged.