About Francine
Francine Anderson is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 15 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood swings, and relationship concerns. Her approach is calm and respectful and she aims to make the first steps feel doable.
She listens first and then works with each person to build a plan that fits their life. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage difficult feelings and improve day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
She uses straightforward tools people can try between meetings. Francine draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s priorities. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Mindfulness practices and solution-focused strategies are mixed in when they suit a goal. Her work includes attention to issues such as anger, self-esteem, obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing family and blended-family challenges, multicultural stresses, aging concerns, and difficulties tied to guilt, forgiveness, or purpose.
Francine practices in Illinois as an IL LCPC and offers sessions in English. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and adapts pacing and techniques to each person’s needs. If someone wants a direct, respectful style and a plan they can use, she aims to provide that support.
How her approaches work online
Client-centered therapy means the session follows the person’s concerns and priorities. The therapist listens carefully and shapes the conversation around what matters most to the client, which helps when stress or anxiety feels overwhelming.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It’s practical work that often includes simple exercises to try between sessions to reduce panic, worry, or low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, try methods in session, and adjust based on what helps most. This process is collaborative and paced to the individual’s needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer discussions and body language cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and messaging make it easier to check in between meetings or when a shorter exchange fits a break at work. These options give flexibility so people can fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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