Luisa Passalacqua
Relationship-focused counsellor with practical tools
BACP United Kingdom
- Experience
- 12 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Family, Trauma and abuse, Sleeping
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English, French, Italian
About Luisa
Luisa Passalacqua is a counsellor who blends practical, relationship-focused work with clear, down-to-earth support. She uses approaches such as the Gottman Method alongside attachment and cognitive techniques to help people make sense of difficult patterns.
Background and approach
Luisa speaks English, French and Italian and practises from the United Kingdom. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Luisa draws on 12 years of experience to help people tackle issues like anxiety, depression and trauma. She also supports those facing relationship strain, parenting stress, grief and problems with intimacy.
Sessions focus on small, manageable steps rather than overwhelming lists of tasks. Her style is warm and straightforward.
Luisa aims to make sessions a place to talk plainly about what is happening and why it feels hard. She works to build practical skills for managing anger, improving sleep and coping with life changes.
Luisa combines talk-based methods with tools from cognitive behavioural therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy when helpful. Attachment-based ideas guide work on connection and trust in close relationships.
The Gottman Method informs how she looks at communication patterns and emotional bids between people. People can expect a collaborative process where goals are set together.
Luisa offers a mix of video, phone, chat and messaging sessions to suit different needs. Starting is straightforward and begins with a short matching questionnaire to help find the right fit.
How Luisa brings relationship work online
Luisa often uses the Gottman Method to look at how people communicate and respond to each other, helping identify patterns that cause repeated arguments or distance. Attachment-based therapy is also part of her practice and focuses on understanding how early bonds shape current relationship expectations and emotional reactions. Client-centred work underpins sessions, meaning the client’s experience and goals guide the pace and focus of therapy.Choosing the best approach is a shared process. Luisa will talk through options and try methods that match the client’s needs and goals. That might mean focusing on communication skills one week and stress-management techniques the next, always with the client’s input.
Online formats offer ways to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth and a quieter environment are available. Phone sessions work well when video is difficult or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging give flexible, ongoing contact for brief reflections or between-session notes. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to pick the format that best suits scheduling and practical needs.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English, French, Italian