About Frances
Frances Griffis is a psychologist with 25 years of doctoral-level practice. She is licensed in Vermont as VT Psychologist 048.0069422 and in Florida as FL Psychologist PY5664. Frances focuses on helping people facing anxiety, stress, grief, mood disorders, and transitions.
She often meets people who are adjusting to life changes or coping with end-of-life concerns. Frances also supports those dealing with parenting strain, relationship and family tensions, career questions, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
Background and approach
She works with mood conditions including bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder. Her style is straightforward and warm. She offers a listening space that aims to be nonjudgmental and reflective.
Sessions typically focus on what someone is doing now, what has helped, and what might be changed to improve daily life. Frances uses client-centered work alongside cognitive behavioral methods. That means she listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people try out new ways of thinking and acting to reduce distress.
She can also discuss medication options based on a postdoctoral Master’s in Psychopharmacology, though she does not prescribe medications. She can review your current prescriptions, explain why a physician recommended them, and help you talk with prescribers about dose or effectiveness. Frances aims to collaborate with other treating clinicians when that will help a person get better results.
How Frances’ approaches work online
Frances draws on client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online sessions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and reflection so a person feels heard and can consider what matters most to them; it helps with grief, loneliness, and life changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood symptoms, and improve daily routines.Choosing the best approach is part of the early work together. Frances will ask about your goals, daily challenges, and what has helped before, then suggest ways of working that match your needs. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, follow-up questions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent across busy schedules and life transitions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Vermont, Florida
- Languages
- English
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