Franklin Cardona, LPC

Franklin Cardona is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee with 25 years of experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, intimacy concerns, depression, and relationship or family difficulties. He also supports clients dealing with parenting, anger, self-esteem, career changes, bipolar challenges, and coping with life changes.

Cardona draws on an open, personable style to build trust early in sessions. He uses practical techniques from several approaches and focuses on what helps a person feel steadier day to day. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to both current coping and longer-term patterns.

His background includes many years working in hospitals and clinics with depression, anxiety, dual diagnosis, and grief. He has experience with trauma work and has used eye movement desensitization and reprocessing as part of that care. He also brings perspectives from education and conflict management to help with interpersonal problems.

Franklin works in both English and Spanish and has supported people from a range of life situations. He encourages collaboration so clients shape the focus and pace of therapy. Prospective clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin the process.

Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and fees vary by location and therapist availability. Before scheduling, readers should confirm current session options to match their needs and routines.

How therapy approaches guide online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations in close connections. It helps people notice patterns in trust, closeness, and distance so they can try new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with everyday experiments. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching skills to change behavior and mood.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and life demands and then recommend an approach or mix of approaches. Clients and therapist decide together what to try and adjust the plan over time based on what helps.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy life and reducing travel time so appointments are easier to keep. Online work can allow a shorter check-in when days are tight or offer a full session when more time is available. Confirm which session formats are offered before booking so they meet your needs and schedule.