Luisa Passalacqua, BACP
12 years in practice
Luisa Passalacqua draws on an existential perspective to help people make sense of hard life moments.
License and registration
- BACP
- 405555 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English, French, Italian
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Luisa
Luisa Passalacqua draws on an existential perspective to help people make sense of hard life moments. She is a BACP counsellor with 12 years of experience and speaks English, French and Italian. Luisa keeps sessions straightforward and rooted in real everyday concerns.
She helps people deal with anxiety, depression and bipolar mood challenges in ways that consider meaning and choice. She also supports those facing grief, trauma and abuse, and people struggling with sleep, anger or addictions.
Background and approach
Work often looks at how life roles and relationships affect wellbeing. Luisa uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She combines that with client-centred listening so people feel heard and understood before moving on to practical strategies.
Cognitive behavioural tools and DBT skills are used when helpful to manage thoughts, emotions and behaviours. Sessions focus on clear goals and steps people can try between meetings. Parents and those facing family problems can look at communication, boundaries and coping strategies.
Career stress, burnout and compassion fatigue are also common topics Luisa addresses. People who contact her can expect calm, plainspoken guidance and collaborative planning. She accepts international clients and offers a range of online session formats to fit different needs.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Luisa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Luisa names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online work and practical support
Existential therapy focuses on questions of meaning, choice and responsibility. It helps people facing life transitions, emptiness or big decisions by naming values and clarifying what matters most.Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It can help people understand why they repeat certain behaviours in relationships and develop new ways of connecting and regulating emotions.
Client-centred counselling puts the person's experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens without judgement and follows the client's pace, creating space to talk through fears, hopes and day-to-day problems.
Finding the right approach is treated as a shared task. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and adapt methods as the work progresses. This collaborative process helps people try out different ways of working until a good fit emerges.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when someone needs lower bandwidth or a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, mood tracking and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for people juggling work, family or travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
She supports people with anxiety, depression and bipolar issues, plus grief, trauma and abuse. She also works with sleep problems, anger, addictions and many family-related concerns.
What is the general therapeutic style?
Her approach combines existential perspective with attachment-based and client-centred ways of working. Sessions aim to be conversational, reflective and practical.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 12 years of professional practice in the United Kingdom, supporting people with a wide range of emotional and relationship challenges.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She works from the United Kingdom and is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
Which languages are offered for therapy?
Sessions are offered in English, French and Italian.
How are online sessions delivered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. This allows people to choose the format that best fits their schedule and needs.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Exact costs vary with location and therapist availability.
What do I need to do to begin working with her?
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