About Francesco
Francesco Rizzo is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship strains. He works with concerns like sleep trouble, low self-esteem, career stress, and intimacy-related issues. Francesco also supports people managing ADHD, bipolar depression, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to identity and coming out.
In sessions he focuses on practical steps and clear goals. He listens first, then helps set small, doable tasks to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
He uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors between sessions. Francesco uses a blend of client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral tools. That means clients get a supportive space to talk while also learning skills to change thinking and behavior.
He also draws on mindfulness practices to reduce stress and Emotionally-Focused Therapy methods to improve connection in relationships. He brings 13 years of experience as an LMFT in New Jersey. That background informs how he structures sessions and tracks progress over time.
He aims to make therapy understandable and goal-oriented rather than vague or overwhelming. Many people come for help after major life changes, addiction recovery, or ongoing relationship conflict. Francesco helps people build resilience, repair communication, and develop routines that support better sleep and mood.
He encourages small changes that add up to real improvement.
Approaches that work online and in sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The therapist reflects feelings and priorities so people feel heard and can decide their next steps. This approach helps with identity questions, low self-esteem, and navigating life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, sleep trouble, and managing mood symptoms because it breaks problems into clear steps people can practice between sessions.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on emotions and attachment patterns that affect relationships. It helps people improve communication and rebuild connection during conflict or after loss.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, try methods that make sense, and adjust plans based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to find a good fit.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people use visual cues for relationship work, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging lets people share thoughts between appointments. These options make therapy more flexible around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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