- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- LGBT
About Francesco
Francesco Rizzo is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people handle stress, anxiety, parenting pressures, and relationship concerns. He brings 13 years of experience and a practical focus on everyday problems like sleep trouble, anger, and coping with life changes. He offers a calm, direct style in sessions.
Conversations aim to clarify what matters most and develop simple, doable steps. Clients work on improving communication, setting boundaries, and managing intense emotions in ways that fit their daily lives.
Background and approach
Francesco uses therapies that emphasize understanding feelings and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He blends client-centered listening with structured tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and skills for strengthening emotional bonds. Mindfulness practices and motivational techniques are used when they match a client's goals.
Many people seek him out for parenting concerns, addiction recovery, LGBT-related stress, grief, and work or career strain. He also supports those facing burnout, compassion fatigue, attention challenges, and identity questions. He focuses on practical coping strategies alongside exploring deeper patterns.
Sessions aim to be collaborative. Francesco helps clients set clear goals, track progress, and adjust plans when needed. He works with English-speaking adults in New Jersey and tailors his approach to each person's situation and priorities.
What Francesco works with
Everything Francesco lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Francesco helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Francesco lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening with empathy and helping people find their own solutions; it is useful for parenting stress, identity concerns, and building self-esteem. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Francesco treats this as a collaboration - he will talk with each client about their goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust plans over time. The aim is to match methods to the client's daily life and needs rather than sticking to one fixed model.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be a brief check-in or a way to reflect between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy routines and keep continuity during life changes.
Questions people ask about Francesco
What concerns does he help people with?
He supports a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, parenting pressures, relationship challenges, grief, and sleep problems.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He combines attentive listening with practical suggestions. Sessions focus on achievable steps and clearer communication rather than long academic explanations.
How much experience does he have?
He has 13 years of clinical experience working with adults on emotional, relationship, and life-transition concerns.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - licensed in New Jersey and practices with clients in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He meets with clients using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How does payment and cost work?
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 therapist availability.
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