Frances Marley , LPC

Frances Marley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with nine years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, and depression. Frances aims to make the first step toward change feel safer and more manageable for anyone ready to try. She speaks English and French and approaches sessions with calm focus and direct support.

Frances creates a welcoming space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. She listens closely to each person's story and priorities before suggesting ways forward. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with small, workable steps between meetings.

Her work draws on a mix of common-sense cognitive tools and relational approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot patterns of thinking that keep stress and low mood going. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports noticing hard feelings while clarifying what matters most to the client.

Frances also uses attachment-based ideas to understand how past relationships shape current reactions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) strategies are offered when stronger emotion regulation skills are needed. The focus is on learning skills that can be used in everyday life.

Therapy with Frances is collaborative. She helps people set realistic goals and track progress. Clients leave sessions with concrete practices to try during the week and a clearer sense of direction.

People choosing her services can expect straightforward language and steady encouragement. Frances aims to help people build resilience, reduce overwhelm, and find more ease in day-to-day life.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and emotions without getting stuck in them, then take actions that match their values. Online sessions can use ACT to build short experiential exercises and value-based goals to practice between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. In remote sessions CBT techniques like thought records, behavioral experiments, and stepwise activity plans are easy to assign and review together.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Frances will assess needs, goals, and preferences to recommend methods that fit. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is tracked and goals evolve.

Online therapy offers flexibility and practical options. Video calls let people talk face-to-face and use screen-shared worksheets. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or a way to connect when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to get steady support, quick coaching moments, or to work through exercises between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different life circumstances without needing physical travel.