About Frances
Frances Berniger is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety and navigate life changes. She also addresses grief, depression, trauma, addiction, and self-esteem concerns.
Her manner is steady and straightforward, aimed at making therapy feel doable for busy adults. Frances began her career as a special education teacher for sixteen years before moving into counseling. That classroom experience shaped her practical approach to problem solving and clear guidance.
Background and approach
She draws on decades of work with adults to offer strategies that fit everyday life. In sessions she uses cognitive behavioral techniques to look at unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also uses mindfulness practices to lessen reactivity and build calm.
Solution-focused methods help people set short-term goals and notice progress quickly. Frances offers a compassionate space and focuses on skills people can use right away. She encourages clients to practice tools between sessions so gains carry over into daily routines.
Her style tends to be warm, direct, and goal-oriented. She provides services from Texas and offers several online formats to suit different needs. Sessions are available by audio, video, phone, chat, and text-based messaging.
Frances communicates in English and brings a long track record of supporting adults through difficult transitions.
How Frances uses therapy approaches online
Frances often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and problems with daily functioning because it focuses on practical steps and measurable changes.She also uses mindfulness therapy to help people reduce reactivity and build present-moment awareness. Mindfulness exercises can be short practices that fit into a busy day and help with stress, anger, and rumination.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss your goals and preferences and tailor techniques from CBT or mindfulness and solution-focused methods to fit your needs. This is a collaborative process aimed at matching methods to what works for you.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let you use visual cues and interactive exercises. Phone sessions and audio options can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick guidance, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Texas
- Languages
- English
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