Dr. Jean Frank

Dr. Jean Frank welcomes people who are facing big life changes or feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 20 years of experience. She speaks English and Portuguese and aims to help people find steady footing during difficult transitions.

Her work often focuses on coping with loss, trauma, addiction, mood concerns, and relationship problems. She helps people strengthen coping skills, reduce symptoms of anxiety or depression, and manage difficult emotions like anger or shame. She also supports those dealing with caregiver strain, chronic illness, body image concerns, and the fallout from separation or major life upheaval.

Dr. Frank draws on several therapy approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking patterns. She incorporates acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take manageable steps toward them. She also uses attachment-informed work to look at how past relationships shape current patterns.

Her background includes clinical roles in private practice, corrections, schools, hospitals, and community mental health centers. She completed a doctorate in biology from Universidade de Brasília and a Master of Science in psychology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. She continues professional learning with coursework in trauma and mindfulness.

People describe sessions as empathic and nonjudgmental, and she focuses on collaborating to set practical goals. If someone is unsure where to begin, she helps them consider options and decide whether counseling feels like the right next step.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it focuses on taking small steps toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. Attachment-Based Therapy examines how early relationship patterns affect current behaviors and helps people build healthier ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will review a person’s history, goals, and day-to-day needs and then suggest approaches to try. That plan can change as therapy progresses, and decisions about methods are made together.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as keeping appointments during a work break or when travel would be difficult. It also allows continuity of care when someone moves within the same state. The focus remains on practical skills, emotion regulation, and problem solving that transfer to everyday routines.