Welcome!

Hi, my name is Francesca, and I am a somatic trauma therapist, eco-somatic practitioner, and feminist counsellor. I grew up in Italy but have spent half of my life abroad, which deeply shaped my understanding of belonging, identity, and cross-cultural dynamics.
I also host a podcast on mental health abroad, “We are here, too – on mental health abroad”, where I explore themes of migration, identity, and emotional well-being for those living between cultures.

With a background in International Relations and Peace Studies, I ground my work in a systemic and trauma-informed understanding of oppression, power dynamics, and collective healing.
Over the years, I’ve worked as a support and advocacy worker, then as a counsellor and supervisor in services supporting refugees, survivors of trafficking, people who use substances, and those involved with the criminal justice system. Through this work, I’ve deepened my understanding of complex trauma, relational safety, and embodied ways of healing.
I also served as a senior counsellor at a local alcohol service, where I supervised counsellors in training and supported trauma-informed practice.

Since 2017, I have volunteered with Time and Space, a therapeutic community for people who hear voices, dissociate, and self-harm, continuing to explore the power of community-based and relational approaches to healing.

My early studies in Peace Studies taught me to see human distress through the lens of social justice, systemic oppression, and collective trauma, an understanding that continues to shape my work with individuals, couples, and groups in therapy, supervision, and training.

In recent years, I’ve developed a somatic and eco-somatic practice that integrates body-based awareness, trauma-informed care, and ecological connection. This integration shapes my work as an eco-somatic therapist and educator, offering body-oriented therapy, embodied supervision, and ecotherapy workshops that reconnect us to nature, body, and belonging.
I also write a bi-monthly newsletter, “Rooted in Motion,” where I explore themes of body, nature, and the politics of belonging.

When I’m not working, I return to nature: hands in the soil at the allotment, wandering the hills, or being near bodies of water. These practices help me root and restore. They remind me that healing is relational, embodied, and ecological.