France's is helping me through the hardest time of my life I feel comfortable and at ease talking to her.. Thank you.
Frances Berniger, LPC
Experienced mental health professional
Provides online counseling through BetterHelp
At a glance
Frances is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.
- 4.5 stars
- Clients are very satisfied with Frances. View 81 reviews
- Speaks English
- Offers Telehealth visits
- Licensed in Virginia and Texas
Recent reviews
Frances is AMAZING. One of the main reasons I got through my divorce relatively sanely, and I’m now back with her for help dealing with a new relationship. Cannot possibly recommend her more. :)
More about Frances
- 20 years' experience
- Female
- LPC
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia and Texas with 20 years of experience. My first career choice was as a Special Education Teacher for sixteen years. My Counseling focus is with Adults , 35+, experiencing grief, depression, anxiety, trauma, being a spouse/child of individual with a Personality Disorder, specific to Narcissism. You will be provided a safe and compassionate space. Guidance will be provided utilizing CBT(Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), Mindfulness, Strength Based and Solution Focused approaches. You will be encouraged to achieve success though counseling while acquiring skills and strategies for meeting life's challenges. In my four years as an independent contractor with BetterHelp, it appears the majority of individuals prefer Audio sessions. I am open to video sessions if that would be your preference.
Specialties
Treatment Approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Licenses
Frances Berniger's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508060013.
- LPC · Virginia · 0701005365 · Expires June 2025
- LPC · Texas · 19447 · Expires September 2026
About online counseling
- Affordable.
- Pay a low flat fee.
- Convenient.
- Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
- Available now.
- There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.
Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.
Reviews for Frances Berniger
All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.
Overall rating:
France's is helping me through the hardest time of my life I feel comfortable and at ease talking to her.. Thank you.
Frances is AMAZING. One of the main reasons I got through my divorce relatively sanely, and I’m now back with her for help dealing with a new relationship. Cannot possibly recommend her more. :)
Has really been helping me through my process
I feel like I’m so scatterbrained with so much going on. But Frances can draw it all up in a bow with helpful worksheets and techniques. Frances is very understanding, and she has chosen the correct profession!
Frances is a very great therapist. She’s kind, understanding, and attentive. I always look forward to our sessions.
I cannot say enough about Frances. She is so intuitive, kind, responsive and a superb listener. She blows me away at every session with helping me towards important revelations. I am so lucky to have her and Betterhelp.
has only been 3 weeks & i feel like we have covered a lot so far..
Frances is fantastic-- she thinks out of the box and is very helpful with my issues and she also shows great compassion and supportive spirit to make me feel like I have someone on my side- and shes very responsive to messaging and recommends great resources for me as well
She’s an unparalleled professional.
She is the one of the best people I have met in my search for better mental health.
Super helpful. I feel better after each session.
Frances is incredible, best therapist ever!!!
I've worked with lots of therapists, and Frances is the best!
Frances is absolutely wonderful! She listens, gives good advice, understands, and cares. Trust Frances with you feelings. You will make progress. I promise.
Francis is an excellent counselor and therapist and makes you feel like you have a friend who listens. She has excellent guidance and instruction that helps you get to the core of your issues and what's on your mind. She so easy to open up to. Like a really good friend.
She draws on her wealth of experience to offer her clients highly personalized and research based therapy.
Frances is a bright light, and very helpful. I really have enjoyed her as my therapist. In points of the conversation, she felt like a friend. Thank you Frances! Keep being amazing.
Frances has been very helpful to me. She is comfortable and smart. I don't feel like I have to give a right answer, just a true one. I feel safe with her. She has also equipped me well in a short time to handle stressful circumstances that pop up in my daily life.
Frances has been a fantastic therapist and is guiding me through life. She is reassuring and thorough as we continue on this journey.
Francis Berniger is an angel. She listens and then responds. She has helped to save my life. Her process with me has been to work through her steps of worksheets and conversations. She is simply a healer through words. I felt very comfortable with her plan to help me and it is working! I would recommend her to anyone. Thank you, Francis! Keep saving lives!!!
Such a great therapist!
frances is AMAZING! she is so warm and welcoming and provided such a comfortable space. she has so much knowledge and taught me so much. life is so much easier now after working with her. she is an absolute angel!
Undoubtedly the best therapist I’ve encountered
Frances has been an amazing help to me and has made my therapy experience the best. I rave about BetterHelp to everyone I know!
I have only been with Dr. Frances for a short period of time, but the comfort level and level of understanding I received is unheard of. She is definitely an Angel and highly interested in building my mental state.
Frances is AMAZING. Over the last six months she has helped me work through complex family, relationship and anxiety issues. Knowledgeable, empathetic, easy to talk to…they don’t come any better. :)
It has helped me a lot over 3 weeks having weekly calls.
Good
Very understanding makes you feel comfortable and let's you be yourself easy to open up to
Frances gives me the opportunity to talk about the things that bother me in day to day life. I am able to talk and get some advice on how to go about making the days better. She is wonderful and very helpful!
Frances has been WONDERFUL. Professional, empathetic, knowledgeable, I’ve been working with her for three months and it has helped immensely. She has my absolute highest regard and recommendation!
I had a wonderful experience with Francis, she is amazing and very helpful!! My last free session through my however didn’t go through I’m sorry Francis I tried to message you it wouldn’t let me !! I have no clue why ? I will check with my work … Thank you for being so helpful when I can afford it I’ll be back !! Sherri
I enjoy our sessions Francis understands supports listens offers multiple ways of viewing a situation and dealing with the situation.
I have just had my first therapy session by phone and I immediately loved Frances !! She really listened to me !
Love her!
I love the journaling side of things. It allows for our sessions to be a reflection of the journaling, rather than pricing together what happened between sessions.
Frances is amazing. She makes me feel seen and heard and helps me when I need it most. It’s more than I could hope for and I love the strength and clarity I have because of our sessions.
Francis is the best, has helped me more than she knows.
Frances has been an absolute pleasure to work with. She has helped both my wife and I with some difficult things. She has the ability to lighten the conversation without going off topic. Not only does Frances listen, but she makes you feel heard as well. A massive thank you to Frances for giving us the tools we needed to learn more about ourselves as individuals and as a couple. We will revisit the techniques and skills she has given us for years to come. We will miss our interactions with her dearly.
Frances has provided support and aided me in identifying solutions to a variety of situations and events I needed to process.
She’s very helpful she listens well and i love her approach it’s like she eases in and backs off then ease back in so she won’t push you to hard and i love that
I really enjoy speaking with Frances. I've been working with her for years and there is no one else I would trust my care with than Frances.
Frances is always responsive, attentive, and insightful. She lets me direct the conversation and seems to find it easy to bring everything back around to my underlying concerns and is spot on every time. I call her 'my girl, Frances.' Kinda like the old school 'my girl Friday'. But she is way more than my girl Friday for sure.
Frances is a caring, intelligent, thoughtful therapist that listens and helps you recognize and delve in to the issues and troubles that you are dealing with and works with you to create real, doable, solutions. She is a blessing!
It may have only been 3 sessions as or right now, however Frances has really helped. She has an amazing personality that allowed me to really connect. That was my biggest concern with using BetterHelp. She has also shown genuine concern, and care for the issues I have raised. That coupled with her suggestion, and therapeutic expertise has allowed me to find the outside help I need. I highly recommend her, and BetterHelp. I was a skeptic too.
Frances has been terrific. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for counseling.
I am a returning patient of hers. She is the best.
She is great!
Frances is incredibly supportive and i really appreciate our sessions
Frances is amazing. I feel heard and validated during each session. She truly understands my concerns and has lots of wonderful strategies to help me cope.
I’m very grateful for Frances! She’s kind, quirky, knowledgeable, and has definitely given me perspective on the issues I’m dealing with. She’s hopeful that we can make change, even though I feel extremely stuck…and broken. She’s non-judgmental and I really enjoy working with her!
Wonderful therapist who listens and helps. Best therapist I've worked with.
She is amazing!!!
Frances is a great counselor who listens attentively, never passes judgment and genuinely cares about your well being. She enables you to relay your concerns, anxieties and fears and then provides the tools and resources you need to process, heal and move forward from those issues. Her experience and dedication to better mental health is evident with every encounter and I am so grateful for help.
I love Frances! She is a blessing to me. I knew she would be a great fit for me from our first session. She is loving, empathetic, intelligent, with a touch of humor. Would recommend her to anyone.
Frances has a great skill for digging. I am a type to avoid the painful topics for which are bothering me so don't know how to just start on the topic. Well Frances digs, and if she finds nothing, she knows when to dig another hole till she strikes gold. 1st session is get to know each other and a bit of info gathering. 2nd session she dug and struck some gold. The work and exercises (homework) have been a great help in getting me to reach my therapy goals which is to feel happiness again, be productive again and connect with people again. Thank you Frances and can't wait till our next session.
I believe Frances is a compassionate and sincere therapist. She is good about letting you explore what topics you want to discuss in each session or she can guide you along with questions and exercises. She is also very responsive to messages and helps you navigate BetterHelp. I look forward to speaking with Frances each week and gaining a better understanding of myself.
Absolutely love Frances! I have been with her for a good while now and I’m so thankful for her
Very friendly and attentive!
I find Francis to be non-judgmental, open, respectful, and is good at redirecting me.
She is one of the best to ever do it. I am so glad that she and I were able to reunite. She knows my history and has always been very helpful, caring, and supportive.
Frances is great, she listens to what I’m going through and offers thoughtful guidance to help me through the situation. Very personable and empathetic therapist that I would highly recommend.
Talking to Frances is such a joy. She has a great personality and her positivity and humor are infectious. She offers practical and helpful tips to help manage my thoughts.
Frances is amazing! She listens and always happy to help you out.
I was in a very dark place when I finally began my sessions with Francis Berniger. She's been such a great listener, she's helped me focus so much, and realigned my priorities. Overall she's been leading me to a much happier mental state of being.
Frances is an amazing individual and counselor. Frances adapts to your needs and way of thinking and provides tangible solutions to issues you are facing. I don't feel like I need to prep before each session in order to make progress. As an individual from a minority culture, I didn't once feel uncomfortable talking about my life and principles. Frances asked questions only as needed to understand my background and respected me as an individual. I highly recommend Frances.
Frances is excellent. I am so happy I was able to be matched with her.
She's awesome!
Great counselor! Very supportive and understanding.
Wonderfully supportive, encouraging and empathetic. She has helped me come through the most difficult period of my life.
Frances had helped me so much is just a few short months. I am so thankful!
Frances made me feel at ease the moment we started talking. It's very easy to talk with her about literally anything.
I look forward to my sessions with Frances. She listens to me and then she gives me feedback. She knows how to deal with my Narcissistic daughter, and gives me great advice on how to pull back from her in the right way. I respect her opinions and her help.
Frances is wonderful, capable, insightful, high energy and enthusiastic to help you reach your goals in counseling. I am very happy I found her.
Frances has made me feel so comfortable and safe in such a short amount of time, I really could not ask for anything more.
She's great! Definitely recommend her.
Frances is an expert in her field and solution oriented!
Listens, keeps track of ongoing concerns, has helpful worksheets and helps you through exercises you can later do on your own when having an anxiety attack, for example
Frances has been easy to communicate with. She listens to my preferences, and it's easy to tell she takes good notes. She is kind and warm and easy to plan/schedule with. This has been my easiest transition to a new therapist that I've ever had.
I have only had one counseling session with Frances, but immediately felt that she wanted to understand my counseling goals and needs. I felt her compassion and expertise right away. I’m so thankful that I was able to be linked up with her.
I immediately felt comfortable with Frances. There was no feeling of being judged, only supported. She has provided me with very helpful resources that I am using on a daily basis to help with my anxiety and my past unhealthy coping tools.
Frequently asked questions
Does Frances Berniger offer telehealth visits?
Yes. Frances Berniger works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.
What language(s) does Frances Berniger speak?
Frances Berniger speaks English.
How many years of experience does Frances Berniger have?
Frances Berniger has 20 years of experience.
Where is Frances Berniger licensed to practice?
Frances Berniger is licensed to practice in Virginia and Texas.
Does Frances Berniger accept clients outside of the United States?
No, Frances Berniger does not accept clients outside of the United States.
Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?
Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."
What treatment approaches does Frances Berniger offer?
Frances Berniger offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
How can I communicate with Frances Berniger?
Frances Berniger can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.
How do I get started with Frances Berniger?
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