- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
About Frances
Frances Patton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 13 years of clinical experience in South Carolina. She works with people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and life changes. Frances also addresses parenting, eating and sleeping issues, anger, and self-esteem struggles.
Frances uses several established approaches in her work, including Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), the Gottman Method, and Motivational Interviewing. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to change the patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions include straightforward conversation, skill-building, and problem-solving based on the client's goals.
She often helps clients who feel empty, isolated, or unsure of their life purpose after a major change. Frances also works with concerns tied to family of origin, abandonment, codependency, commitment, infidelity, and communication problems. Her approach blends insight about relational patterns with behavioral strategies to improve daily functioning.
Frances can discuss faith-based preferences; she is open to providing Christian counseling when requested and also offers non-religious therapy. She says her own experience with depression and relationship difficulties informs how she listens and plans treatment.
To begin, Frances asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. She practices in South Carolina and conducts sessions in English.
How Frances uses evidence-based approaches online
Frances draws on Attachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide online work. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people notice and change interaction habits. CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches skills to shift unhelpful thinking and coping strategies.She treats online work as a collaborative process. Together the client and therapist review goals, try an approach, and adjust based on what helps most. The therapist will discuss which methods seem most useful and adapt them to the client's needs and preferences rather than prescribing a single path up front.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce time spent traveling to appointments. These practical benefits can help maintain momentum when addressing relationship patterns, anxiety, grief, or life-purpose questions.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting, eating and sleeping problems, anger, and life changes.
How does she approach feeling stuck?
She blends Attachment-Based Therapy, CBT, EFT, the Gottman Method, and Motivational Interviewing to combine insight about relationships with concrete skills and behavior changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working with individuals and couples in South Carolina.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT licensed in South Carolina and North Carolina and practices in South Carolina.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.