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Francisco Olmos

Compassionate therapist blending practical strategies and empathy

LMFT California

Experience
10 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English, Spanish
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About Francisco

Francisco Olmos is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with a decade of professional experience. He creates a supportive atmosphere where clients can explore feelings and thoughts openly, focusing on practical ways to address stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and self-esteem concerns.

Background and approach

His work also includes life and career coaching, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, and coping with major life changes. Francisco draws on a range of therapeutic methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-informed perspectives, and client-centered principles to tailor sessions to each person’s needs.

He has additional focus areas such as adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, attachment difficulties, body image and codependency, and recovery from domestic violence or separation. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and his practice supports those seeking both short-term, solution-focused work and deeper narrative or mindfulness-based exploration.

Approaches That Guide Online Work

Francisco frequently integrates cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment-based ideas into online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and building new, practical coping skills for issues such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in relationships and early caregiving experiences to help clients improve emotional connection and respond differently in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. He works with clients to assess goals, preferences, and the kinds of changes they want to make, then offers a mix of methods that fit the client's needs rather than a single fixed model. This shared planning helps tailor online work to specific concerns, whether short-term solutions or deeper processing are preferred.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options allow clients to engage from different locations and choose formats that suit their schedules and comfort levels while maintaining consistent therapeutic progress.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Francisco commonly address?
He works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and career concerns, ADHD, and related struggles such as abandonment, family problems, and recovery from domestic violence.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental environment and combines client-centered listening with structured methods like cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness to help clients make practical changes.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 10 years of professional experience working with a range of mental health and relational issues in California.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California; his license is CA LMFT 125779.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in both English and Spanish to accommodate bilingual clients.
What formats are offered for online sessions?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How is cost determined for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting 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, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefDepressionCoaching

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Sex addictionSexual assault and abuse

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English, Spanish