About Franklin
Franklin Cardona is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms. He draws on 25 years of experience and works in English and Spanish to support people through life changes, parenting strains, grief, and career stress. He aims for a warm, straightforward style in sessions.
He builds a working relationship that lets clients talk about what matters most.
Background and approach
Franklin blends several approaches to match each person's needs instead of using a single method for everyone. In practice he uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. He also incorporates attachment-based ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships.
For trauma-related concerns he includes EMDR-informed tools alongside other methods when appropriate. Franklin's background includes work in hospitals and clinics addressing depression, anxiety, grief, and dual diagnosis. He has extensive experience with trauma, including many years supporting people with post-traumatic stress.
That history shapes a paced, respectful approach to difficult memories and strong emotions. Sessions may focus on concrete coping skills, improving communication, or processing painful events depending on the goal. He works with practical steps and check-ins so progress can be measured over time.
Franklin is based in Tennessee and offers services to people both locally and internationally.
Approaches that guide online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationship patterns affect how people relate now, helping with trust, closeness, and recurring conflicts. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety, low mood, or addictive patterns. EMDR-informed tools are used when trauma memories are a barrier to functioning; they aim to reduce the intensity of painful recollections while other supports are in place.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Franklin will talk with each person about symptoms, history, and goals and then try methods that fit those needs. He checks in regularly and adapts the plan based on what is working and what is not, so clients help shape the course of treatment.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client see facial cues and do interactive exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, skill practice, or when someone prefers writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to stay connected when in-person visits are difficult.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English, Spanish