Ruth Frances, BACP
Ruth Frances is a BACP counsellor with five years' experience offering one-to-one support.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and Abuse
- +17 more
About Ruth
Ruth Frances is a BACP counsellor with five years' experience offering one-to-one support. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, bereavement and cancer-related concerns. Sessions are available as short or longer-term therapy depending on what the client needs.
She focuses on building a warm, trusting and non-judgemental relationship. That approach helps people talk about things that feel hard to raise with friends or family. Ruth aims to make the first steps into counselling less daunting and more manageable.
Background and approach
Ruth has worked with Cruse Bereavement Care and Macmillan, gaining additional training and continuing professional development through those organisations. That background means she is familiar with grief work and the ways illness can affect mood and daily life. Her way of working draws on client-centred listening, attachment ideas and cognitive-behavioural techniques.
She also uses mindfulness and existential thinking to help people find meaning and coping strategies in difficult moments. In a typical session Ruth welcomes open conversation and gentle reflection. She helps clients notice patterns in thinking and feeling, and tries out practical steps that can ease worry, low mood or relationship strain.
People who value a calm, empathic presence and a collaborative approach often find her style helpful. Sessions are conducted in English and arranged to suit each person's circumstances.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 387911 | March 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Ruth works with
Everything Ruth lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- 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 Ruth lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That approach can be useful for intimacy issues, communication problems and repetitive relationship reactions. Together she and the client decide which methods fit best, adjusting as goals and needs change. This collaborative process helps ensure therapy matches personal preferences and what is most helpful in day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for deeper face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or physical health needs while keeping the focus on practical progress and emotional support.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Ruth commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. Her work also covers issues such as eating and sleeping problems, addiction and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Ruth uses a warm, person-centred style that focuses on listening and building trust. She blends this with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural and mindfulness approaches.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Ruth has five years of counselling experience working one-to-one in independent practice and with bereavement and cancer support organisations.
What credential or registration does she hold?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP in her profile.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Ruth offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
Update or remove this listing
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.
Contact usMore counsellors who work with Stress & Anxiety
All of them
Christine Fleming
NCPS
3 years in practice NCPS
Calm, practical support for difficult times
- Stress & Anxiety
- Grief
- Self Esteem
Sana Khwaja
BACP
5 years in practice BACP
Compassionate counsellor for low mood and life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and Abuse
Philip Smyth
BACP
4 years in practice BACP
Warm, practical counselling for life challenges
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship
- Grief