Keniesha Francis
Compassionate, practical therapy with a strengths focus
LMHC Florida
- Experience
- 17 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Gottman Method
- Languages
- English
About Keniesha
Keniehsa Francis is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 17 years of clinical experience who blends practical strategies with a strengths-based perspective. She centers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside other approaches to help people untangle stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
Her work emphasizes identifying patterns of thought and behavior and teaching concrete tools clients can use between sessions to manage symptoms and move toward clearer goals. Francis brings a holistic sensibility to care, incorporating spiritual resources when clients find that helpful and tailoring interventions to individual values and life circumstances.
She also addresses relationship and family concerns, intimacy-related struggles, parenting and fatherhood issues, blended family dynamics, communication and control problems, and challenges such as grief, low self-esteem, and impulsivity. Known for a creative, compassionate, and nonjudgmental stance, she aims to develop a collaborative rapport that honors each person as the expert of their own story.
Prospective clients are encouraged to take the first step toward change by completing the therapist matching process and scheduling sessions according to availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online access
Many clients find Cognitive Behavioral Therapy useful for learning to identify unhelpful thoughts and shifting behaviors that maintain anxiety, depression, and anger. The Gottman Method offers practical, research-informed tools to improve communication and address relationship patterns that contribute to conflict and disconnection. Each approach focuses on observable skills and small changes that can lead to meaningful shifts in daily life.Selecting the right approach is collaborative; the therapist will work with each person to identify which methods align with their goals, values, and preferences. Together they will adjust techniques over time, combining elements from different modalities as needed so the plan fits the individual's needs rather than the other way around.
Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides practical flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice techniques between sessions, and access support without travel, helping clients integrate therapeutic work into everyday life.
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Experience
17+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English