Frances McNamara, LPC

Frances McNamara is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of experience supporting people through a wide range of mental health challenges. Her clinical work spans adjustment disorders, anxiety, depression, and ADHD, as well as more severe and persistent conditions such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and personality disorders. She brings training in cognitive and dialectical methods alongside client-centered and emotion-focused therapies to tailor care to each person's needs.

Frances practices with an authentic, present stance, offering respectful, attentive space for clients to explore the particular and sometimes very real circumstances of their lives. She emphasizes helping people identify both successes and barriers as part of an honest therapeutic dialogue. Her approach values the courage it takes to seek help and aims to provide steady support as individuals work toward increased resilience and wellbeing.

She views therapy as a collaborative process and seeks to walk alongside clients as they address stress, trauma, mood concerns, addictions, grief, and life transitions. Frances aims to help clients build strength, find practical coping strategies, and move toward greater balance and functioning over time.

Evidence-Informed Approaches Delivered Online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior. It is practical and skills-oriented, often used to address anxiety, depression, panic, and mood-related challenges.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, combines acceptance and change strategies to help people manage intense emotions, improve interpersonal effectiveness, and reduce self-destructive behaviors. It can be particularly helpful for emotion regulation, self-harm concerns, and patterns associated with personality disorders.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist provides empathy and support while the person explores their own goals and values. This approach can help with self-esteem, grief, coping with life changes, and building motivation for change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Frances McNamara works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - which can make it easier to fit care into daily life and maintain continuity over time. Working with licensed professionals in these formats can provide consistent access to therapeutic support when and how it is most helpful.