Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
How Franklin works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, LSCSW
- Licensed in
- Kansas, Oklahoma
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Franklin
Franklin Chapman is a licensed social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and intimacy-related concerns. He also supports people facing career challenges and big life changes. Franklin aims to make beginning therapy straightforward and respectful of each person's pace.
He practices in Kansas and holds an LCSW in Oklahoma and an LSCSW in Kansas. He brings three years of professional experience to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Franklin believes clients know their own stories and builds on existing strengths rather than starting from scratch. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. He listens first, and then works with each person to pick strategies that fit their life.
Those strategies can include looking at thinking patterns, practicing mindfulness, and setting small, actionable goals to reduce impulse-driven reactions and improve communication. Franklin pays attention to common concerns like commitment issues, communication problems, loneliness, and the fallout from infidelity or separation. He also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, sexual concerns, and questions about life purpose.
The work often combines short-term problem solving with skills for long-term change. People who choose him can expect a direct but empathetic style. He helps clients create clear steps for managing strong emotions and improving daily functioning.
Franklin encourages practical progress while honoring each person's values and goals.
What Franklin works with
Everything Franklin lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Franklin's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Franklin lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- 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.
Practical approaches to online therapy and emotion regulation
Franklin uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a listening, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what matters most to them. This approach helps when someone needs to feel heard and to find their own solutions rather than follow a script.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going. CBT is useful for managing anxiety, anger, and impulsive reactions by teaching specific skills to change thinking patterns and responses.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Franklin collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and preferences. He checks in often and adjusts the plan if something isn't working.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use nonverbal cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth, and messaging or chat can be used for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a workday, a commute break, or a quieter moment at home, while keeping the focus on consistent, practical progress.
Questions people ask about Franklin
What kinds of concerns does Franklin address?
He works with stress, anxiety, anger, intimacy-related issues, career difficulties, and coping with life changes, plus related topics like communication problems and guilt.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
His style is conversational and goal-focused. He listens first, then helps pick practical strategies to try between sessions.
What background and experience does he bring?
He has three years of professional experience working with the listed concerns and practices in Kansas.
What credentials and location are on file?
He holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and practices in Kansas with licensure noted as OK LCSW and KS LSCSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How do fees and starting therapy work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.