About Frank
Frank Ruse is a licensed clinical social worker who brings three decades of experience to therapy. He speaks plainly and uses a relaxed style with some humor to help people feel more at ease. He focuses on practical steps and steady support so people can face anxiety, addiction, grief, or stress without feeling overwhelmed.
Frank draws on client-centered work to make sessions about the person in front of him. He also uses elements of cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Trauma-focused tools are available when past harm interferes with daily life. People come to him for many concerns, including depression, relationship and communication problems, caregiver stress, ADHD, and issues related to substance use. He also supports those coping with life changes, parenting strain, work pressures, and first responder or veteran-related stress.
His background includes long experience as an addiction counselor and clinical social worker in South Carolina. Sessions are practical and straightforward. Frank listens, asks clear questions, and offers doable strategies to try between meetings.
He explains what to expect and works at each person’s pace. He provides services in English and offers several remote session formats. Frank encourages people to take the first step and complete a short matching questionnaire to connect and schedule an appointment.
How Frank’s Approaches Work Online
Frank blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral strategies to guide online sessions. Client-centered work means the conversation focuses on the person’s needs and goals, with the therapist listening and reflecting. Cognitive behavioral work helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or problematic habits.He also uses trauma-focused approaches when past events continue to cause distress. That involves paced conversations and tools aimed at reducing the impact of traumatic memories on daily life. Together, these approaches can address addiction, grief, relationship stress, and other concerns in an online setting.
Finding the right style is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Then they will try approaches and adjust over time so the work fits the person’s needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Chat and messaging are convenient for brief check-ins, progress notes, or when fitting therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to connect from different locations and schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Connecticut, Tennessee
- Languages
- English