Francesco Rizzo
Practical support for stress, relationships, and identity
LMFT New Jersey
- Experience
- 13 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Francesco
Francesco Rizzo is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and changes in relationships. He offers straightforward support for issues like grief, parenting strain, sleeping problems, and challenges tied to identity and intimacy.
Background and approach
Francesco works in New Jersey and speaks English. He focuses on practical steps that people can use between sessions.
He listens first, then helps clients map patterns and try small experiments to change them. Conversations often cover communication habits, boundaries, coping skills, and ways to reduce overwhelm.
Francesco draws on several approaches to shape the work. He uses Gottman Method ideas when talking about relationship patterns and communication.
He also mixes client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new behaviors. Sessions move at the client’s pace and are collaborative.
Francesco asks clear questions, offers exercises, and checks in on what is or isn’t working. He encourages simple practices for sleep, mood, and focus that fit a busy life.
With 13 years of experience as an LMFT - licensed marriage and family therapist - he has worked with people facing trauma, addiction, ADHD, career stress, and issues around self-esteem and commitment. He aims to make therapy understandable and useful, so people leave with concrete ways to feel steadier and more connected.
Approaches and online options for relationship and personal work
Francesco uses the Gottman Method ideas to look at how people communicate and react in relationships, helping identify patterns and teaching clearer ways to connect. Client-centered therapy is also part of his approach, which means sessions begin with listening and following the client’s priorities so the work feels relevant and respectful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments that change mood and behavior.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. He works collaboratively with each person to decide what fits best based on their goals, situation, and how they prefer to work. That might mean focusing on communication skills in some weeks and on thought-pattern work in others.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversation and exercises, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging work for brief check-ins or when a shorter touchpoint is needed. These formats help people access consistent care around work, parenting, or travel schedules.
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Experience
13+ years
Licensed in
New Jersey
Languages
English