About Frank
Frank Pavone is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. He draws on 17 years of experience to offer practical support and clear steps you can use between sessions. He works in English and sees people in California as well as international clients by remote session formats.
Frank takes a straightforward, client-centered approach. He listens first to understand what matters to you, then helps set small, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real problems - sleeping, anger, substance use, communication breakdowns, or coping with life changes - and on skills that make daily life easier. His work combines several familiar methods to meet different needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify thoughts that make problems worse and replace them with more helpful habits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers tools for managing strong emotions and improving communication. Mindfulness practices are used to reduce stress and increase focus. Frank also uses motivational interviewing to support people who feel stuck and to build momentum for change.
He considers family background, caregiving roles, and life context when planning next steps. He has supported issues such as blended family dynamics, addiction, domestic violence aftermath, and fatherhood concerns. Sessions can be video calls, phone talks, live chat, or messaging depending on what works for you.
To start, you complete a short questionnaire, pick a time, and begin working on the next right step for your situation.
Approaches for change in online sessions
Frank combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with mindfulness techniques to address mood, behavior, and stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to improve mood and daily functioning. Dialectical Behavior Therapy provides concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings run high. Mindfulness practices are used to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness, which can help with anxiety and sleep issues.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with you about your goals, symptoms, and daily life to decide which methods to try first. Together you can adapt techniques over time based on what helps and what feels doable in your routine.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face-to-face for skill practice and deeper conversations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not convenient. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing accountability between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping focus on progress and usable tools.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California, Arizona
- Languages
- English