About Juanita
Juanita Franklin offers straightforward, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, trauma, or struggles with self-esteem. She meets clients where they are and focuses on small, achievable changes. Juanita aims to help people find clearer ways to cope and move forward.
Juanita uses a warm and nonjudgmental style. Sessions are built around what the individual wants to work on. She listens first, then helps set simple goals and practical steps to reach them.
How Juanita works
Her practice draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match each person’s needs. That can mean working on thoughts and behaviors, learning coping skills, or approaching difficult memories more safely. The approach is flexible and tailored rather than fixed.
Juanita brings 20 years of experience as a licensed professional counselor, LPC. She holds licensure in Texas and Alaska and currently practices in Colorado. This background informs how she structures treatment and supports longer-term progress.
Typical concerns addressed include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem issues. She also helps people facing challenges related to adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, caregiving stress, chronic illness or pain, and communication or relationship patterns. Sessions aim to build skills, increase insight, and improve day-to-day functioning.
What Juanita works with
The areas below are the ones Juanita selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Juanita uses several evidence-based techniques to help people manage distress and build skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can help when feelings feel overwhelming. Trauma-informed methods prioritize safety and pacing when working with difficult memories or abuse, helping people process experiences without being pushed too quickly.Finding the right approach is a collaborative step. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Specific session formats were not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people choose when a video session, phone conversation, or another supported format best matches their day and energy level.
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