Frances Patton, LMFT

Frances Patton is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who focuses on helping people change painful patterns in their relationships and daily life. She speaks plainly and offers clear, goal-oriented support for stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and intimacy concerns. Frances also helps with parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem and purpose.

Frances uses approaches that center on how people connect and communicate. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current bonds. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to address unhelpful thinking and Emotionally-Focused and Gottman approaches to help partners talk and heal. Motivational Interviewing is part of her toolbox when people need help finding momentum for change.

Her perspective comes from both training and lived experience. She has navigated depression and a difficult marriage followed by divorce, and she talks about those experiences with clients when it helps the work. Frances aims to be direct without being judgmental, and she offers straightforward guidance alongside listening.

She offers Christian-informed counseling when requested and is equally comfortable working in a non-religious frame. Frances brings 13 years of clinical experience as a South Carolina licensed marriage and family therapist.

If someone wants to begin, they can complete the site’s short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs. Frances helps people set clear goals and takes a collaborative approach to reach them.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. It helps people understand patterns of closeness and distance and supports new ways of connecting with partners or important people in their lives.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress where changing thought patterns and day-to-day habits can ease symptoms.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on the emotional patterns between partners. It helps people name core feelings, voice attachment needs, and change interaction cycles that lead to withdrawal or conflict.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Frances will work with someone to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences, and she revises the plan as progress happens.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules require a quick meeting. It can also let conversations happen from wherever someone is located within the permitted regions, so they can continue care with a licensed professional without rearranging large parts of their day.