Fran Berger-North, BACP

Fran Berger-North is a BACP-registered therapist based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience, offering support through both charitable services and a private practice. She works in English and brings a person-centred, humanistic approach to her work, drawing on Transactional Analysis to help people understand how their thoughts, feelings, and relationship patterns interact.

Fran specialises in supporting people with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Her practice also addresses related concerns such as abandonment and attachment issues, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, domestic violence, feelings of emptiness, family of origin problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, midlife transition, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and workplace difficulties.

Transactional Analysis is explained in straightforward terms as a way to explore how past experiences and internal patterns shape present behaviour and relationships. Fran uses this framework to help clients gain clearer self-awareness, identify patterns that may no longer serve them, and work toward changes that feel meaningful and sustainable.

She works collaboratively, treating each person as the expert on their own life while offering guidance to explore history, recognise unhelpful cycles, and take practical steps forward. The aim of her work is to help people develop healthier relationships, grow in self-understanding, and build confidence to navigate the challenges they face.