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Keniesha Francis, LMHC

  • Experience17 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Gottman Method
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About Keniesha

Kenesha Francis is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Florida who brings 17 years of clinical experience to her practice. She draws on practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and trauma while also addressing relationship and family concerns.

Background and approach

Her work highlights clients' existing strengths and engages creative, holistic techniques that may include spiritual resources when relevant to a person's goals. Clients encounter Keniesha as compassionate and nonjudgmental; she emphasizes collaboration and curiosity rather than one-size-fits-all solutions.

She integrates structured approaches such as cognitive behavioral strategies alongside narrative and solution-focused tools, and she uses motivational interviewing to support change. Whether someone is navigating grief, intimacy challenges, parenting issues, or life transitions, her aim is to help them move toward clearer direction and greater coping capacity.

Keniesha encourages the courageous step of beginning therapy and partners with each person to make the process practical and meaningful.

Approaches That Guide Online Work and Change



Kenesha commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; this approach is practical and often useful for anxiety, depression, and managing stress. She also draws on motivational interviewing to support clients who are ambivalent about change, using empathic conversation to strengthen motivation and set achievable goals. Finally, she incorporates elements of solution-focused therapy to spotlight strengths and small, forward-moving steps that create momentum toward desired changes.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kenesha works with each person to understand their concerns, preferences, and goals, and she adapts techniques over time so therapy remains aligned with what the client finds most helpful and meaningful.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide practical flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit therapeutic work into busy schedules and to maintain continuity through life transitions, while allowing licensed professionals to use the same therapeutic techniques they would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns can Keniesha help with?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, anger, coping with life changes, and ADHD.
What therapeutic style does she use?
Her approach is collaborative and holistic, blending cognitive behavioral techniques with narrative and solution-focused methods and motivational interviewing to tailor work to each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional experience working with people from varied backgrounds and presenting concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
Kenesha is a Florida LMHC and holds the license FL LMHC MH9769, practicing with clients located in Florida.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats does she offer?
She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible options.
How are sessions priced and billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteem

Also works with

GriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentBlended family issuesCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessImpulsivityLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Gottman MethodMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

17+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English