- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Fran
Fran Adler is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Michigan with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping parents and individuals who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, addictions, and parenting challenges. Fran aims to create calm through steady listening and practical steps that feel manageable day to day.
She draws on client-centered and solution-focused ideas to find what helps each person most. That often means setting small goals, trying different strategies, and tracking what changes.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used when thinking patterns, sleep, or eating habits are part of the problem. Fran trained at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she earned a Master of Social Work in 1998.
Since then she has worked in both personal and group settings across the state, giving her a broad view of how life events affect daily functioning. Her background includes supporting people through grief, family conflict, caregiving stress, and major life transitions. Sessions are practical and conversational.
Fran listens first to understand your priorities, then suggests small experiments to try between meetings. She talks plainly about coping skills, communication strategies, and ways to reduce overwhelm so that changes feel doable. Many clients come for help around parenting pressures, work stress, and relationship communication.
Fran offers multiple session formats to fit different schedules and preferences, and she works with people who want steady support while they move through hard times.
What Fran works with
Everything Fran lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Fran helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Fran lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Fran Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Client-centered work means the therapist focuses on your concerns and follows your pace. In practice Fran listens carefully and uses that understanding to guide each session, helping you name priorities and pick what to work on next.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers clear tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Fran may teach simple CBT exercises to manage anxiety, improve sleep, or shift daily habits so problems feel less overwhelming.
Solution-focused techniques look for practical next steps. These are short-term experiments and small goals designed to build momentum and show what produces change. That approach is often useful for parenting challenges, relationship communication, and coping with life transitions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Fran will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and try approaches that fit you. Together you’ll review what works and adjust the plan over time so therapy stays useful and realistic for daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging works for brief updates or ongoing encouragement. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family and work schedules.
Questions people ask about Fran
What concerns does Fran commonly help with?
Fran helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, depression, addictions, parenting worries, and related concerns like sleep or eating problems.
What is Fran's general approach in sessions?
She uses a client-centered style that starts with listening, then blends practical tools from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused methods to set small, achievable goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Fran has 25 years of experience as a therapist, working in personal and group settings since earning her Master of Social Work in 1998.
What credentials and location apply to this profile?
Fran holds an LMSW which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker and practices in Michigan.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Fran offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Fran?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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