About Francisco
Francisco Lopez Jr greets people with a calm, straightforward approach. He focuses on helping individuals facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and LGBTQ concerns. Francisco aims to create a space where people can speak honestly and feel heard as they figure out the next steps.
Francisco is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Texas with eight years of experience in mental health. He uses clear, practical techniques to help people manage panic, low mood, and self-esteem struggles.
Background and approach
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to meet different needs. In sessions he blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness work. That means he listens closely, helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and teaches brief skills to reduce distress.
He also draws on Narrative Therapy and Motivational Interviewing when it helps someone reframe their story or find inner motivation. He often helps people dealing with relationship strain, family of origin issues, adoption and foster care questions, and caregiver stress. He also supports men’s issues, feelings of emptiness or isolation, and the challenges that follow divorce or separation.
Appointments include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Francisco offers part-time practice hours including evenings and weekends to fit busy schedules. He and his partner enjoy travel, time with family and friends, and their two labradoodles when not seeing clients.
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Francisco commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy to build trust and make space for honest conversation. This approach centers on listening, reflecting what you say, and helping you set the pace for change. It fits people who need an accepting and steady presence while they sort through difficult feelings.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT offers simple tools to change thinking patterns, manage panic, and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Mindfulness Therapy is used alongside these methods to teach brief grounding and attention skills that lower stress in the moment.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Francisco will talk with you about your goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan as needed. The first few sessions are used to find what feels useful and realistic for your life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you have face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text are useful for shorter check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options aim to make therapy more flexible so it can fit work, family, and other obligations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish