About Frances
Dr. Frances Yahia is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with more than 15 years in practice. She combines clinical experience with a background in spiritual psychology to help people facing relationship and intimacy concerns.
She also supports people working on self-esteem and major life transitions. She works with relationship issues like communication problems, divorce and separation, and struggles around intimacy. She also helps people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation and loneliness.
How Frances works
Practical steps and conversational work are common in sessions. Her approach draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside perspectives from spiritual psychology and depth psychology. She has taught college courses and led retreats and workshops, and she has written books on the subconscious, inner child work, family relationships, romantic partnerships, and spiritual journeys.
These experiences inform how she frames conversations in the room. Sessions often focus on identifying unhelpful patterns, improving communication, and building coping strategies for chronic pain, illness, or caregiver stress. Money and financial worries, midlife concerns, life purpose, and control issues are also regular topics.
The tone is practical and reflective rather than purely academic. Dr. Yahia offers services in English and Spanish and provides a mix of live and text-based options to fit different schedules.
People who want a blend of clinical methods and spiritual perspective may find her style a good match.
What Frances works with
The areas below are the ones Frances selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Evidence-based techniques are central to her work. One common approach focuses on recognizing and changing unhelpful patterns in relationships by identifying triggers and practicing new communication skills. This helps with communication problems, control issues, and recurring conflict. Another strand involves inner child and attachment-informed work that looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current intimacy and abandonment fears. This approach helps people reframe old narratives and reduce shame and isolation.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review your concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest strategies to try. You and the therapist adjust methods together as you see what helps and what feels comfortable.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions can fit a shorter break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, written reflection, or when a quieter format is preferred. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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