About Franklin
Franklin Cardona is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Tennessee with 25 years of clinical experience. He speaks English and Spanish and offers online care for people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, relationship or intimacy concerns, and other life challenges. He uses a friendly, straightforward approach in sessions.
Conversations focus on what is happening now and on practical steps to reduce distress. Sessions aim to build trust so people feel comfortable talking about hard memories, behaviors, and patterns that cause trouble.
How Franklin works
Franklin blends several approaches to match each person's needs rather than relying on a single method. He draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current bonds. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
He also works with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for people who have trauma histories. Over his career he has worked in hospitals and clinics and supported people facing co-occurring challenges like depression, anxiety, grief, and addiction. He has experience helping those navigating separation, domestic violence, and complicated losses.
He uses this experience to offer clear, step-by-step options in sessions. Franklin encourages a collaborative process. He listens for strengths and develops goals together with each person.
If Spanish is preferred he can conduct sessions in that language.
Franklin lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Franklin works with
The areas below are the ones Franklin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- 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
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Franklin frequently uses Attachment-Based Therapy, which looks at how early relationships influence current patterns. Online sessions using this approach focus on understanding connection needs and trying new ways to relate. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is also a common part of his work and emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical behavioral changes to lower anxiety and lift mood. EMDR, a trauma-focused approach for processing distressing memories, is offered for people who have trauma histories and want targeted trauma work.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Franklin will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit those needs. He adjusts the plan over time based on what is helping and what is not, so the work stays relevant and manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and EMDR-style work when appropriate. Phone sessions can be a simpler way to check in or fit a session into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, real-time support between sessions, or people who prefer not to use video. These options make it easier to stick with therapy and to fit sessions into everyday life.
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