Franklin Cardona, LPC

Franklin Cardona is a licensed professional counselor with 25 years of experience. He offers straightforward, practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life transitions. He speaks English and Spanish and works with people in Tennessee and beyond.

He favors clear, goal-focused conversations where the client’s needs guide each step. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, learning new coping skills, and building stronger emotional connections. Franklin uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as one core approach and combines it with other methods to fit each person.

His background includes long experience in clinics and hospitals addressing depression, anxiety, grief, and co-occurring conditions. He also spent years working with soldiers and civilians affected by trauma and post-traumatic stress, which shaped his work with trauma and related problems.

Franklin aims for a warm, collaborative tone in sessions. He helps people set practical goals and practices exercises together during appointments. He emphasizes simple, repeatable techniques people can use between sessions.

People who choose him can expect a mix of structured skill-building and open conversation. The first meetings focus on priorities and a plan. From there he adjusts methods to match what helps most, whether that means behavior-focused tools, attachment-based ideas, mindfulness practices, or trauma processing.

Approaches that translate to online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday problems because it teaches concrete skills and brief exercises people can practice between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of relating. It helps people understand emotional needs, improve communication, and build healthier connections in relationships.

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is an approach some therapists use to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity. It is often applied when trauma symptoms interfere with daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level. Sessions begin with priorities and a plan, and approaches are adjusted as progress is made.

Online therapy can be handled by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversations and guided exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging let people check in or work through quick exercises without scheduling a full call. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into different schedules and needs.