Frances Patton, LMFT

Frances Patton is an LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) practicing in South Carolina with 13 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, depression, and issues connected to family of origin and attachment. She also addresses grief, sleep and eating problems, parenting challenges, anger, and life transitions.

Frances blends several well-known approaches in her work. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early family roles still shape current relationships. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Emotionally-Focused and Gottman approaches guide work on closeness and communication in relationships.

Sessions focus on practical steps as well as emotional understanding. She helps people recognize patterns that came from their family of origin, name how those patterns affect daily life, and practice different ways of relating. Conversations include concrete skills for communication, managing anxiety, and setting boundaries.

Frances speaks from personal and professional experience. She has lived through depression and a difficult divorce, and she has been in therapy herself. That background informs how she talks about hope, setbacks, and the work needed to change long-standing patterns.

She is open to integrating Christian faith into counseling when clients request it, and she also works in a nonreligious framework. People who are exploring how childhood roles affect current relationships often find this focus useful when deciding to reach out.

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