About Frances
Dr. Frances Yahia brings more than 15 years of counseling experience to her Florida practice. She holds a PhD in mental health and is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, working with adults on relationship and self-esteem concerns.
Her style is direct but compassionate, and she aims to make therapy understandable and practical for people under stress. She helps people sort through relationship and intimacy difficulties. She also supports those facing major life changes, issues with self-worth, and problems tied to communication or control.
Background and approach
Common themes she addresses include attachment and abandonment worries, divorce and separation, and feeling isolated or stuck. Her background includes writing books about the inner child, family relationships, and spiritual growth. She leads workshops and retreats and teaches depth psychology at the college level.
These roles inform a therapeutic approach that blends psychological insight with attention to meaning and personal history. In sessions she listens for patterns people repeat and helps them try new ways of relating and coping. Practical skills and gentle challenges are mixed so clients can test changes between meetings.
She also works with concerns such as chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, guilt, and financial strain. Therapy is offered in English and Spanish. People connect by choosing a plan, completing a short questionnaire, and scheduling sessions based on availability.
The focus is on clear goals and small, achievable steps toward better day-to-day functioning.
Evidence-based approaches in online therapy
Dr. Yahia draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding patterns and changing behavior. One common approach is work on attachment and relationships, which looks at how past experiences shape current intimacy and trust. This helps with relationship strain, abandonment worries, and communication problems.Another thread in her work targets self-esteem and coping skills. This involves identifying negative self-beliefs, practicing new coping strategies, and testing small changes between sessions to build confidence and better day-to-day routines.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and what feels most useful. Together they choose methods to try and adjust them based on what makes the most progress and fits personal preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video suits deeper conversations and shared exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging allows short notes and ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on steady, practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish