Frances "Tansie" Walker, LMHC

Frances "Tansie" Walker is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 34 years of experience helping people move through stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, grief, depression, and addictive behaviors. She blends counseling, coaching, and life experience to address the whole person - body, mind, and spirit - and creates a respectful, compassionate space where clients can explore the circumstances of their lives and begin to restore hope.

Frances works collaboratively with each client to identify clear goals and practical steps that support meaningful change. She offers a caring Christian perspective while honoring each person’s individual values and beliefs. Her practice supports individuals, teens, parents, families, and couples facing challenges such as abandonment and attachment issues, blended-family adjustments, codependency, infidelity, communication problems, and coping with major life transitions.

Her clinical background includes an M.S. in Counseling and an Ed.S. in Family Systems from Georgia State University, with undergraduate studies in Psychology and Sociology. In addition to her clinical work, Frances has 15 years of experience as a college faculty member, bringing both practical and academic insight to her therapeutic approach. As an LMHC, she combines several evidence-informed methods to tailor therapy to each client’s needs and goals.

Attachment, Client-Centered, and CBT Approaches Online

Frances "Tansie" Walker uses attachment-based therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust; this approach can be helpful for people coping with abandonment, attachment wounds, and intimacy challenges. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and the client’s own capacity for growth, making it useful for clients seeking a supportive space to process emotions and clarify values.

In addition, Frances incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify and adjust unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress. Together these methods offer practical tools and deeper relational insight, and Frances works collaboratively with each client to determine which approaches best suit their needs, goals, and preferences.

Online therapy with Frances is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy schedules and diverse communication styles. These options make it possible to access licensed professionals from home or work, maintain continuity of care during life transitions, and choose the format that feels most comfortable for engaging in meaningful therapeutic work.