About Francesco
Francesco Rizzo helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship or intimacy concerns. He also supports those facing grief, parenting strain, sleep problems, career questions, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, and challenges tied to identity and LGBT issues. Francesco is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 13 years of experience in New Jersey.
He keeps sessions direct and practical. Francesco listens first, then helps clients spot patterns that get in the way.
How Francesco works
He teaches simple tools to manage strong emotions, reduce anxiety, and improve communication. Work can include short-term coping strategies and longer-term growth work depending on the need. Francesco uses several approaches to match what each person needs.
He often draws on client-centered methods to prioritize the client’s perspective. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to reframe unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method inform his way of addressing relationship and intimacy issues.
Sessions tend to focus on realistic steps people can try between meetings. Francesco offers mindfulness exercises, clearer communication scripts, and goal-focused coaching. He pays attention to patterns from attachment, abandonment, and codependency that can shape relationships and self-esteem.
Many clients come for help managing life changes, compassion fatigue, or career stress. Francesco speaks English and provides sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
Francesco lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Francesco works with
The areas below are the ones Francesco selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client’s own goals and perspective. The therapist listens carefully and reflects back what matters to the person, which helps people feel heard and shape their own path forward.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online sessions can teach practical tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new habits for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and change emotional patterns that affect relationships and intimacy. Even through video or phone work, EFT techniques can guide clearer emotional expression and repair around attachment wounds.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Francesco will discuss goals and try methods that fit the client’s needs and preferences. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to the person rather than forcing a single style.
Online formats offer flexibility for different days and rhythms. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat lets clients check in during a break, and text messaging supports short updates or quick coping reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still focusing on practical change.
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