About Francesco
Francesco Rizzo is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship strain. He works with clients on issues like sleep problems, low self-esteem, career stress, and coping with life changes. Francesco emphasizes clear goals and practical steps to make everyday life feel more manageable.
He uses a collaborative, down-to-earth style in sessions. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what can change.
Background and approach
He encourages small experiments between sessions to test new habits and coping skills that fit a client’s life. Francesco draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and build coping strategies. He also uses client-centered principles to follow each person’s lead and Mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.
Emotionally-Focused ideas guide work on close relationships and connection. Clients come for a range of concerns, from addiction recovery and LGBT-related stress to parenting challenges and compassion fatigue. He also supports people dealing with trauma, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and caregiving stress.
Conversations often include concrete communication skills and steps to reduce overwhelm. With 13 years of experience and an LMFT credential, Francesco practices in New Jersey. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented while remaining compassionate.
He helps people build skills they can use outside of the therapy room to manage feelings and improve relationships.
Approach-driven care online
Francesco uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking that increase anxiety and stress, then build practical strategies to change those patterns. CBT is useful for problems like worry, sleep disruption, and managing mood swings.He also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address relationship and intimacy concerns by helping people identify and shift the emotions that shape their interactions. Client-Centered Therapy informs his way of working by keeping the client’s values and goals at the center of each session.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Francesco will work with the client to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online care is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill work and feedback. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework follow-ups, or when a written note works better for processing thoughts.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- 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
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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