Francesca Torrigiani Spagnoli

I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist specialising in work with children, young adults and families. I offer a confidential, reflective and supportive therapeutic space where emotional difficulties, behaviours and relationship patterns can be explored with care and curiosity.

Before training as a psychotherapist, I worked extensively within primary and secondary school settings. This experience has given me a strong understanding of children’s emotional development, the pressures faced within educational environments, and the ways emotional distress can emerge in learning, behaviour and relationships. It also informs my collaborative work with parents and, where appropriate, wider professional networks.

My therapeutic approach is grounded in the belief that behaviour and emotional distress often communicate experiences that are difficult to put into words. In my work with children and adolescents, I use developmentally appropriate methods, including play, conversation and creative approaches, to help them express and make sense of their internal world. With parents and families, I support reflection on relational patterns, transitions and challenges that may be impacting family life.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy focuses on understanding how past experiences, unconscious processes and relationships influence present feelings, behaviours and ways of relating. By gently exploring what lies beneath the surface, therapy can help increase emotional awareness, strengthen relationships and support meaningful and lasting change.

I work collaboratively and at a pace that feels safe, with respect for each individual’s unique experience. I welcome enquiries from parents, young adults and families seeking a thoughtful, containing and compassionate therapeutic space.

I offer a calm, confidential space for children, young adults and families. With children and adolescents, I use age-appropriate art and creative media to help express feelings and experiences that may be hard to put into words. These methods allow emotional themes to emerge naturally, at a pace that feels safe.

With families and parents, I provide space to explore relationship patterns, emotional communication and challenges affecting family life. My work aims to increase understanding, strengthen relationships and support meaningful change, in line with psychodynamic principles and BACP ethical practice.

I offer a 15 minutes complimetary videocall.