About Frances
Dr. Frances Morrison helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, addictions, and a wide range of other concerns. She introduces practical ways to manage mood, sleep, eating, and anger.
Dr. Morrison also supports people dealing with grief, parenting pressures, identity questions, and life changes. She is listed as IL Psychologist 071.010035 and has five years of experience.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. Sessions focus on clear goals and skills people can use between appointments.
How Frances works
She blends talk therapy with real-world steps to reduce distress, strengthen communication, and rebuild daily routines. Techniques are chosen to match the person and the problem rather than following a single method. Dr.
Morrison uses approaches that include cognitive behavioral work to change unhelpful thinking patterns and acceptance-based tools to increase flexibility. She also draws on attachment-informed ideas to address how relationships and early experiences affect current behavior. Dialectical behavior strategies help with intense emotions and building coping skills.
Over time she helps people notice patterns that keep problems going and then practices small changes that add up. Work might include learning emotion regulation skills, improving problem solving, or changing daily habits like sleep and eating. Progress is reviewed regularly so plans can be adjusted.
Her practice is based in Illinois and sessions are conducted in English. People who want to start pick the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Frances lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Frances works with
The areas below are the ones Frances selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | IL Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How these approaches carry into online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and still move toward what matters in life. It uses simple exercises to increase psychological flexibility and can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical steps to test and change unhelpful thoughts and to build new behaviors that reduce distress related to mood, sleep, eating, and attention challenges. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose and adapt methods based on goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions often begin with clear goals and regular check-ins to see what helps and what needs changing. For practical use, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins between in-person commitments. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current options before booking. Licensed professionals can use similar ACT and CBT exercises in an online setting so people can practice skills where they live and apply them in daily life.Start online instead of waiting
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