About Cindi
Cindi Frechette is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) who focuses on helping people reduce worry and overthinking. She draws on eight years of professional practice to support people dealing with anxiety, stress, ADHD, and relationship concerns. Her style is practical and strengths-based.
She aims to find small changes that make daily life easier. She uses straightforward conversations to identify thoughts that feed difficult feelings. Then she and the person work together to test new ways of thinking and acting.
Background and approach
This often means setting small goals, trying different strategies, and noticing what helps. Cindi blends cognitive behavioral ideas with mindfulness and narrative techniques. That means she looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior, and also at the stories people tell about themselves.
Mindfulness practices can help slow down racing thoughts. Narrative work can clarify values and priorities. She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods to support change.
These approaches help people connect motivation to concrete steps. The emphasis is on practical problem solving rather than long, theoretical sessions. Her background includes a Master of Arts in Social Work from Simmons College and a LICSW in Massachusetts.
Cindi has worked across in-home, outpatient, and inpatient settings. Those experiences shaped her focus on community-based care and realistic supports. People who want clear steps, brief skill-building, and focus on daily functioning may find this approach helpful.
She supports parenting concerns, caregiver stress, mood conditions, and life transitions with an aim toward usable tools and steady progress.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. It gives space for someone to lead the conversation while the therapist reflects what matters most. This approach helps people feel heard and helps define practical next steps for things like parenting strain or relationship stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Online sessions can teach concrete skills to challenge unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. This is often useful for anxiety, panic, ADHD-related overwhelm, and mood concerns.
Mindfulness practices teach attention and awareness skills that calm racing thoughts. In remote sessions these practices can be guided as short exercises to use during a busy day or before a stressful task.
Choosing the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to match approaches to their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans can change over time as progress is reviewed and new challenges emerge.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers no video. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and coping reminders possible between sessions. These options can help fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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