Dr. Jean Frank , LMHC

Dr. Jean Frank is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida who brings two decades of experience across private practice, corrections, schools, hospitals, and community mental health centers. She combines clinical training with a practical, client-centered orientation to help people strengthen coping skills, resolve interpersonal conflicts, and navigate personal crises. Her approach recognizes that no single method fits every person, so she integrates cognitive behavioral techniques, psychodynamic insights, and mindfulness practices to tailor care to each individual's needs.

Dr. Frank has worked extensively with adjustment difficulties related to major life and career changes, crisis and loss, trauma, substance and alcohol addiction, relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, and cognitive or behavioral concerns linked to brain dysfunction. She offers empathic, nonjudgmental online therapy aimed at facilitating growth and recovery without steering clients toward any particular religious belief or political viewpoint. When someone is unsure about beginning therapy she helps them explore options and decide whether counseling is the right next step.

Committed to ongoing professional development, Dr. Frank has earned credentials including Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Level I and training in Comprehensive DBT (C-DBT), as well as courses in telemental health and mindfulness. Her academic background includes a Doctor in Biology from Universidade de Brasília, a Master of Science in Psychology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and a psychology credential from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. As an LMHC she is licensed to provide mental health counseling in Florida.

Online Therapeutic Approaches and How They Work

Dr. Jean Frank draws on well-established approaches that translate effectively to online care. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress, and to improve daily functioning. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) helps people process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional impact through structured reprocessing techniques, often used for trauma and abuse recovery. Attachment-Based Therapy examines relational patterns formed in early life to improve current relationships, address abandonment or attachment concerns, and support healthier emotional bonds.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Jean Frank works together with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and to adapt methods as therapy progresses so the approach fits the individual rather than the other way around.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for varied schedules and life circumstances. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home or work, and choose the format that feels most comfortable for the person seeking help.