About Francis
Francis Clark is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience helping people find steadier footing during hard times. She focuses on practical steps to reduce anxiety, manage mood shifts, and improve everyday functioning. Her style is warm and accepting and she aims to meet people where they are.
Francis uses straightforward, active techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, but also brings in mindfulness and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when helpful.
Background and approach
Sessions are focused on clear goals and small, doable steps toward them. She has worked with people facing depression, bipolar challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, and addictions. Francis also supports those dealing with relationship stress, parenting strains, caregiver burnout, chronic illness, and work-related concerns.
She pays attention to patterns such as attachment, codependency, and communication difficulties. Francis believes the best therapy builds better communication and trust while helping clients take concrete action. She helps people close the gap between where they are now and where they want to be.
That can mean changing thoughts, learning new coping skills, or practicing different ways of relating. Based in Mississippi, Francis brings two decades of counseling experience to her work. She partners with clients to design realistic plans for change and to track progress over time.
How targeted approaches work in online sessions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change the thoughts that keep problems going. It uses clear steps and homework to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful behavior. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and sharpening communication. It is useful when mood swings or strong reactions are getting in the way of daily life. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to lower stress and increase awareness of feelings and urges.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they decide whether to focus on thinking patterns, emotion regulation skills, mindful habits, or a mix of methods that fits the client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is low or for easier check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it simple to send short updates, practice new skills between sessions, or fit brief support into a busy day. These options give flexibility for scheduling and different communication styles while keeping the work focused on goals and progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English