About Sylvia
Sylvia Franklin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and life changes. She works with adults on issues like relationships, parenting, grief, addiction, and career concerns. Her approach is warm and conversational, and she brings calm, gentle humor into sessions to ease tense moments.
She uses a parts-based way of looking at problems, helping clients name the different parts of themselves and decide what they want to change.
Background and approach
Sylvia and the client look back to see how people, places, and events led to current struggles. That process helps set clear priorities and a practical plan to move forward. Sylvia often includes spirituality as a source of motivation when clients want that element.
She explains spirituality as what feeds the mind, body, and soul rather than a religious practice. With permission, she weaves those themes into conversations to support meaning and purpose. Her style is client-centered and goal-focused.
She uses mindfulness to help people notice thoughts and reactions. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques guide short-term changes and keep momentum toward goals. Sessions are conversational and collaborative, with attention to what the client needs most.
Sylvia trained at Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University, where she earned a Master of Arts in Counseling & Psychological Services. She has worked in community programs, court-related services, detention settings, and disaster response. She practices in Georgia and offers services in English.
Online Approaches that Focus on Growth and Calm
Client-centered therapy is built around listening and responding to each person's needs. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what she hears, and helps people clarify what matters most. This approach supports issues like anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship concerns by making the client feel heard and understood.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations without getting swept up by them. These practices can help reduce reactivity to stress and improve everyday coping with anxiety and mood shifts.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Sylvia will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That might mean starting with short, solution-focused steps, adding mindfulness practices, or using motivational interviewing to build readiness for change.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when a more full conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option for a focused check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick, written ways to process feelings or update progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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