Dr. Jean Frank , LMHC

Dr. Jean Frank is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with two decades of clinical experience across private practice, corrections, schools, hospitals, and community mental health centers. She blends extensive academic training - including a Doctor in Biology, a Master of Science in Psychology, and prior training as a psychologist in Brazil - with practical experience to tailor care for each person's needs.

She uses an integrative approach, drawing on cognitive behavioral techniques, psychodynamic ideas, mindfulness practices, and trauma-informed interventions to strengthen coping skills, resolve conflicts creatively, and provide steady support during personal crises. Her additional training includes certification as a Clinical Trauma Professional level I and coursework in comprehensive DBT, telemental health, and mindfulness, which inform work with complex issues such as trauma, addiction, grief, and behavioral or cognitive challenges related to brain dysfunction.

Dr. Frank has helped people navigate major life or career transitions, relationship and attachment difficulties, anxiety, depression, eating and substance concerns, parenting and caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. She offers services in English and Portuguese and focuses on empowering clients to define and reach their personal counseling goals without directing them toward any particular religious or political perspective.

Approaches Used Online and What They Do

Dr. Jean Frank integrates approaches that are well suited to remote work and to addressing trauma, relationship patterns, and everyday difficulties. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to build practical coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns influence current connections and emotional responses, helping clients improve communication, trust, and relatedness in intimate and family relationships. EMDR, used for trauma work, involves structured processing of distressing memories to reduce their emotional intensity and support adaptive resolution.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Frank works with each person to assess needs, goals, and personal preferences, and she adapts techniques over time so the treatment fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, manage symptoms between sessions, and access therapy from home or other convenient locations with licensed professionals and therapists.