About Francis
Francis Clark is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or big life changes. She speaks plainly and listens carefully to figure out what matters most to each person.
Clark works in a warm, accepting way and meets people where they are. She uses practical techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions are active and goal-focused so clients can see gradual shifts in how they think and act.
Background and approach
Her background includes a Master of Science in Counseling from William Carey University. Over two decades she has supported people with mood concerns, trauma and abuse, addiction issues, and relationship struggles. That experience shapes how she tailors plans to individual needs.
In the room she emphasizes communication skills, trust, and concrete steps toward change. She helps clients design recovery or progress plans that break larger goals into manageable tasks. The work often includes practicing new ways of thinking and making small, steady behavior changes.
Clark commonly uses cognitive behavioral tools along with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques. She also draws on dialectical behavior strategies and motivational interviewing when useful. Her goal is to help people move forward instead of staying stuck.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Francis often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based techniques in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors so everyday feelings and actions change. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and to notice thoughts without getting pulled into them.She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when people need stronger skills for managing intense emotions and building better relationships. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick approaches that fit their goals, needs, and preferences rather than prescribing one fixed method. Together they set priorities, try different techniques, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier and to match practical needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a brief check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing touchpoints between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and maintain steady progress even when life gets complicated.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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