About Francine
Francine Anderson brings 15 years of clinical experience to her Illinois practice, helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, bipolar disorder, and depression. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, shaping conversations and treatment plans to fit individual needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all model.
Background and approach
Francine’s work also addresses ADHD, anger, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and a broad range of related concerns including OCD, panic, seasonal mood shifts, and issues tied to guilt, forgiveness, and life purpose.
Her clinical toolkit includes client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s perspective, cognitive behavioral techniques that target unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, mindfulness strategies to build present-moment awareness, and solution-focused approaches that aim for practical, achievable steps.
Francine emphasizes collaboration in therapy and recognizes that starting care can be courageous; she seeks to create a respectful and supportive environment to guide each client through change and toward clearer coping strategies.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the individual’s experience and priorities, creating space for a person to be heard and to explore what matters most. This approach helps clients feel respected and guides the therapist to adapt interventions to each person’s goals and values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical method that identifies patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to distress and teaches concrete skills to change them. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive or compulsive behaviors by offering structured tools to reframe thought patterns and build new habits.
Francine treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will work with clients to decide whether a client-centered stance, CBT techniques, mindfulness practices, or solution-focused strategies - or a combination - best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. The plan evolves as progress and feedback guide adjustments.
Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling and access from different locations. These formats make it possible to use CBT worksheets, mindfulness exercises, and client-centered discussion in ways that fit a person’s daily life, helping therapy become a practical resource amid busy routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English