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Francesca Lo Verso Counselling and Psychotherapy

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Francesca Lo Verso Counselling and Psychotherapy

Hi, Francesca here! I offer a somatic-oriented, nature-led counselling practice.

I host "We are here, too - on mental health abroad" podcast, and I offer training and classes on outdoor therapy and somatics.

13/11/2025

In “A fielguide of getting lost”, Rebecca Solnit’s reflection on “the blue of distance” beautifully mirrors the essence of embodied presence, a practice of being with what is, without rushing to resolve or possess it.

In ecosomatic work, we cultivate this capacity to sense and stay present with longing, grief, or wonder as living expressions of our relationship with the more-than-human world.

I now can’t unsee how the horizon gets tinted with blue shades without feeling that familiar ache of longing as a reminder of all that is beyond reach yet deeply felt in my body.

I am reminded that connection with the more-than-human world is about inhabiting it with tenderness and awe, rather than ownership, completion or exploitation.

10/11/2025

We often believe that tuning into the deeply knowing of the earth and the body is something out of our comprehension, a language that we cannot understand, a complicated syntax and vocabulary it costs energy and effort to master.

I don’t think the step to translate the land and the body into a language we can read and speak is necessarily easy or straightforward, especially in this age and time where distractions are everywhere and focus needs to be on production and accumulation. No, I can’t promise you that getting rid of that noise is even easy.

But once you finally get to tune in, oh my, you realise the simplicity of body-mind-earth connection, the clarity of that one path (and I’m not talking about directionality here), how everything then strips down to: “does my body agree?” And all of this while you know the earth got you for as long as you are there for the earth, a type of reciprocity we rarely get to enjoy these days.

I find this beautiful, and I hope you do, too.

06/11/2025

This is an invitation to step out of the constant self-optimization mindset, the pressure to always be working on yourself, healing faster, achieving more, or becoming “better.”

This is a reminder that you are already enough, and that rest, being, and self-acceptance are just as vital as growth.

You are not a project to be worked! You are a human being that deserves a type of joy that is completely disconnected to achievements/glory/outcomes.

05/11/2025

Talking about the body and social media and overwhelm in order to bring in some clarity on it all. And also, I initially recorded a video that lasted 4 minutes and in no way it would have been accepted on the gram, so let’s write an essay instead 😂

Let me know what you think.

04/11/2025

Some thoughts on therapy and what to expect. I think we are so fixated with progression and bettering, that we often forget that the most important thing we actually need is to feel and know we are the agent of our very own life. And therapy supports you with that.

Even somatic therapy does that, by showing you that you have agency within your own body. And we often confused what we learn in somatic therapy with being fixed or healed from our trauma.

There are no tricks in therapy. I’m aware this is a hard truth to swallow, but imagine how much more powerful it is to know that you learnt how to do that for yourself, to learn there’s healing within you and it’s a matter of learning how to access it. Imagine learning you felt broken and still having within you the resources to glue yourself together and make something beautiful out of it.

Just imagine. The tricks you see online won’t help you to imagine that. Won’t make you feel that. And for sure, they wont “fix” you in the way you think they will!

30/10/2025

Loving creating these, feeling well held these days, appreciating the small things, entering my “mud season” and see what’s there.

What’s that one habit that helps you return to yourself? Does it involve nature?

27/10/2025

You don’t need fixing, because you’ve never been broken in the first place, even though at times it feels that way.
Most times, we just need someone who witnesses our pain and doesn’t dismiss it, who’s there for us regardless of the pressures of society, and the many commitments requesting our attention at any given time.
Therapy feels precious for this very reason, I believe that is why therapy is so effective: it’s a space where someone would listen to you, without distraction, where judgement is lifted, where you can centre yourself and yourself only.
I’m not saying therapy is the only way forward, and I’m not saying therapy is the only response to capitalism (I don’t have enough text space here to share my thoughts on this), but a talking space that not everyone has the privilege to have because of capitalism, because we are isolated and fragmented.
Im also aware that the more I fill in this text space, the more nuances pop up to my mind, so I’ll leave it here for now and I would love to have a dialogue on this if anyone is up to it.

24/10/2025

Clearly still day dreaming of the northern coastal landscapes of Scotland while knowing we can all do better to preserve the natural environment with just simple tweaks to our habits. As consumers, we have much more power than we think. As living bodies in communion with all the other living beings, we need spaces that remind us that we don’t always have to rush and exploit to survive.

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Glasgow

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 1pm

Website

http://www.francescacounselling.com/

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