Francine Owens, LCSW

Francine Owens is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee with 28 years of experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, depressed, struggling with trauma or bipolar mood concerns, and those dealing with codependency. She works with adults facing relationship strain, caregiving burden, chronic illness, grief, and life changes.

Her sessions focus on talking through problems and learning practical ways to change patterns that cause pain. She uses conversational methods to notice what keeps repeating in a person’s life and then tests small changes in how someone thinks, feels, and acts. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what the person wants to address next.

Francine combines several approaches to match the issue at hand. That can mean learning specific skills to handle painful emotions, practicing new ways of communicating, or looking at the beliefs that drive people-pleasing and boundary problems. The work often includes homework or simple exercises to try between visits.

She has experience supporting people who face adoption and foster care questions, aging and caregiver stress, cancer and chronic illness, divorce, family conflict, and guilt or shame. She also notes work related to gender dysphoria and forgiveness concerns. Her background includes a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Tennessee Memphis and many years in clinical practice.

People who want to start meet her by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling an initial session. Francine accepts clients from inside and outside the United States and conducts sessions in English.

How Francine uses ACT, CBT and client-centered work online