LMHC
Frances Recchi, LMHC
- Experience34 years
- LocationMassachusetts
- Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
- Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Frances
Frances Recchi brings more than three decades of clinical experience to her work with adults facing a broad range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
Background and approach
She holds an MA and practices as an LMHC in Massachusetts, using a person-centered, strength-based framework that prioritizes validation, acceptance, and collaborative goal-setting. Her style blends practical and insight-oriented methods to help clients move through difficult patterns and life transitions.
Frances integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to address distressing thoughts and teach coping skills, while also drawing on psychodynamic and trauma-focused approaches to explore long-standing emotional themes and the effects of past hurts. She aims to establish connection and trust first, offering steady guidance while helping people build self-understanding and resilience.
Sessions often focus on reducing symptoms, improving communication and relationship dynamics, and developing concrete strategies for everyday functioning. Frances welcomes international clients and works in English, tailoring her approach to each person's needs and preferences while helping them step out of stuck places toward greater acceptance and functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and flexibility in online care
Frances often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical coping strategies for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that can be helpful for intense emotions, relationship struggles, and impulsive behaviors.
Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process; the therapist works with each person to determine which combination of methods best matches their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time so that interventions stay relevant to the challenges a client brings and to what proves most helpful in sessions.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it possible to access therapy from other locations and to use the communication style that feels most effective for skill practice, check-ins, or deeper therapeutic work.
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Experience
34+ years
Licensed
Massachusetts
Languages
English
What Frances can help with
Frances Recchi works with clients on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, bipolar disorder, and depression.
Frances works with adults.
Frances works with life transitions, relationship or career patterns that seem self-defeating, and panic/anxiety.
How Frances approaches therapy
Frances's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems.
Experience and training
Frances is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Massachusetts.