About Frances
Frances Pope is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She brings calm, steady support and practical steps to people feeling overwhelmed or worn out by caregiving and work demands. She has 23 years of clinical experience and holds LPC and LCMHC credentials.
Her work includes helping people cope with compassion fatigue and grief after loss, and supporting those facing health challenges such as cancer or hospice situations.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on creating an open, nonjudgmental space to talk through thoughts and feelings. Frances listens closely and helps people break problems into smaller, manageable tasks. She emphasizes realistic coping strategies that can fit into daily life.
Frances also has experience with aging and geriatric concerns and with people navigating substance use issues. Her approach is practical and people-focused, with attention to what someone can try between sessions to feel steadier. She practices in New Mexico and offers remote session formats for convenience.
Frances encourages a steady, gradual process toward stronger coping and clearer choices, working alongside each person to set goals and track progress.
Evidence-based approaches and online options
Frances uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical coping and emotional processing. One common approach involves structured strategies to reduce anxiety and stress through step-by-step skills practice and behavior changes that can be tried between sessions. Another approach centers on grief and loss work, helping people name painful feelings, make meaning of losses, and find ways to carry on while honoring what mattered.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Frances collaborates with each person to match techniques to goals, preferences, and what feels most doable. She will adjust methods over time based on what helps someone make steady progress.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for conversational work and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth or camera time is limited. Live chat and text allow brief check-ins, short coaching moments, or support between longer sessions. These remote formats make it easier to schedule therapy around caregiving, work, or health appointments.
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico, South Carolina, North Carolina
- Languages
- English