About Frances
Frances Berniger is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on adults and helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship struggles, ADHD, and caregiver strain. Her style is straightforward and practical, aimed at people who want clear tools and steady support.
Frances began her career as a special education teacher and spent sixteen years in that role before moving into counseling. That background shaped her patience and skill at breaking down challenges into manageable steps.
Background and approach
She draws on long experience working with adults who face major life changes and chronic stress. Her approach centers on talking through what matters to each person and trying techniques that fit their life. She uses client-centered methods to follow the person’s lead and cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and change them.
Mindfulness and solution-focused work help people build simple, practical strategies for daily life. Sessions often focus on skill building, coping plans, and short-term goals alongside emotional support. Frances helps clients develop routines for sleep, stress management, and attention, as well as communication and boundary skills for difficult relationships.
She also offers guidance for people caring for aging relatives or coping with illness in the family. Frances works from Texas and holds LPC credentials in both Texas and Virginia. She conducts video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and she encourages people to choose the format that best fits their schedule and needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's priorities, helping them feel heard and shaping goals from their own values. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, behaviors, and emotions to build practical strategies for reducing anxiety, improving mood, and managing attention challenges. Mindfulness therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away, which can reduce reactivity and support concentration.Finding the right approach usually happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has worked before, then try methods that fit the person’s needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments can be made over time to match progress and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, homework, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into work, caregiving duties, or travel while keeping therapy predictable and consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Texas
- Languages
- English
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