Dr. Victor Franco, LMHC

Dr. Victor Franco helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and grief. He also supports people facing relationship strain, intimacy concerns, parenting questions, and aging and geriatric issues. He speaks English and Spanish and brings 23 years of clinical experience to the work.

He frames sessions around everyday life and real choices. He uses straightforward conversation to help people notice what matters, name obstacles, and try practical steps. He emphasizes strengths and workable changes rather than jargon or complicated techniques.

Victor holds the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, LMHC, and practices in New York. His training includes graduate study in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and psychoanalysis, and he is pursuing doctoral studies in Counseling. That background informs how he blends different approaches to suit each person.

In practice he draws on a mix of methods - for example, helping people notice unhelpful thoughts with cognitive tools, or explore values and small actions that match those values. He also pays attention to attachment patterns and how early relationships shape current problems. Sessions are collaborative and paced to what each person needs.

He has worked extensively with LGBTQ people and trauma survivors, including trauma-focused work at a large organization in New York. He also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image and sexual culture concerns. Before booking, confirm current session options and formats directly through the platform.

How his approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people get clear about what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when thoughts or feelings are hard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on noticing unhelpful thought patterns and testing different, more helpful ways of thinking and behaving. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people try new ways of relating and regulating emotions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

This profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people continue work when life events or caregiving responsibilities make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, or attachment-based work to an online setting by using exercises, homework, and focused conversation to keep therapy moving forward.