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Frances Fuller

Calm guidance for life transitions and stress management

LCSW New Mexico

Experience
7 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Parenting, Coping with life changes
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English
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About Frances

Frances Fuller is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New Mexico who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and major life transitions.

Background and approach

She brings seven years of professional experience to her practice and supports clients facing compassion fatigue, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, and mood-related difficulties such as depression and seasonal affective disorder. Frances also attends to issues related to identity and discrimination, LGBT concerns, and workplace or career stress.

Her approach emphasizes collaborative exploration and practical strategies. She creates a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where clients can share thoughts and emotions openly while working toward clearer coping skills and problem-solving.

Frances integrates techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) along with attachment-informed perspectives and other trauma-informed methods to tailor support to each person’s needs. Clients can expect an emphasis on concrete tools alongside reflective work about patterns in relationships and self-view.

Whether addressing parenting, fertility and adoption matters, postpartum challenges, or the effects of prejudice and multicultural stressors, she aims to help clients identify manageable steps and build resilience over time.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Frances draws from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical strategies for managing anxiety, mood difficulties, and stress. She also uses attachment-informed ideas to explore how early and current relationship patterns influence emotional responses, which can be useful for addressing relationship challenges, parenting concerns, and self-esteem issues.

Finding the right approach is treated as a joint process. Frances collaborates with clients to evaluate which methods feel most useful based on individual goals, history, and preferences, and adapts interventions over time rather than relying on a single technique.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different lifestyles and schedules. These formats make it easier to attend regularly while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and allow therapists and clients to maintain continuity of care even when in-person meetings are difficult.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Frances commonly address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, parenting, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family issues, depression, ADHD, and related areas such as fertility, adoption, and workplace stress.
What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?
Sessions are collaborative and nonjudgmental, blending practical skills and reflective work. Frances emphasizes creating an open space to explore thoughts and feelings while developing concrete coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
Frances has seven years of professional experience working with clients on stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, trauma, and related concerns.
What are the therapist's credentials and location?
She holds the credential LCSW and is licensed in New Mexico with license number NM LCSW C-10725.
Are services offered in languages other than English or to international clients?
Therapy is provided in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available for online work?
Available session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyParenting issuesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careFertility issuesFirst responder issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Women's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Motivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Licensed

New Mexico

Languages

English