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Franchesca Fontus, Ph.D., LMFT

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Christ Follower† | Professor | Therapist 🇭🇹✨
Families, Relationships, & Mental Health
Culturally Responsive Systemic Practices
Founder @purposetherapy

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My therapist would call this balance. I call it outside. 😂 #drporshia #wedding #weekendvibes

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Some accomplishments happen quietly.

Today I learned that a research article I co-authored has now been cited 15 times by other researchers.

We published this work in 2018, during a time when conversations about race, equity, and the experiences of therapists of color were becoming impossible to ignore. Just a couple of years later, the world would face a pandemic that reshaped mental health in ways none of us could have predicted.

Looking back, I’m humbled that this work continues to contribute to those conversations years later.

Research has a unique way of living beyond the moment it was written. Long after the headlines fade, the dialogue continues—through classrooms, clinicians, and researchers committed to building on the work that came before them.

I’m grateful to my co-authors, my mentors, and everyone who continues advancing the field.

Research. Practice. Teaching. Community.

This is why I do what I do.

❤️
#minoritymentalhealthawarenessmonth #therapistsofinstagram #therapy

Academic citations are different from likes or shares. Before a research article is ever published, it undergoes a rigorous peer-review process where experts in the field evaluate its quality, methodology, and contribution. Every citation means another researcher found the work valuable enough to build upon. Fifteen citations represent fifteen contributions to the ongoing scientific conversation.

Use your voice. It matters. You never know what seeds you are planting for the future.

Our abstract! 🎉

Choose friends that feel like family, friends who share your goals and ambition, who care about the community just as much as you do 💫

@dr.danirenee @drfranchescafontus

(Not all authors present 📸)

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Haitian Flag Day 🇭🇹
But make it community healing.

Haitian Flag Day is about pride, history, resilience.
It’s also about who we turn to when life gets heavy.

A lot of us learned how to cope
before we learned how to talk about feelings.

We learned strength early.
Privacy early.
Responsibility early.

Now many of us are learning emotional language as adults.

Seeing Haitian therapists matters.
There’s something different
about not having to explain your whole upbringing
before you can even start healing.

This post is a small way to celebrate
the people helping our community do that work.

@drmarlinefrancois @clermoninspires_tbb @iamvalerierevolus @drfranchescafontus @abelcounselingandmediation

Save this list. Share it.
Tag Haitian therapists we should know 👇🏾🇭🇹

#Haitian #haitianflagday #haitianheritage #mentalhealth #communityhealing

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Faith and mental health go hand in hand 🙏
Join us as Dr. Franchesca Fontus, Licensed Therapist @drfranchescafontus , helps lead an honest and hope-filled discussion at our 2nd Annual Mental Health Panel at TTC Miami. #TTCMiami #MentalHealthPanel #FaithConversations #Community

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We praise God for another faith-filled Mental Health Christian Panel presented by the Health Ministry! The Holy Spirit led and we followed🙏 Faith starts in the mind🙌 #MentalHealthPanel #ChristianMentalHealth #ChurchinMiami #TTCMiami

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You might be a transgenerational woman if you’re always trying… but still feel like it’s not enough.

We see both. AND YOU STILL QUALIFY. 💜
Part 4 in our series honoring the transgenerational woman—
the one unlearning the doubt and slowly, quietly choosing to believe in herself.

#TransgenerationalTherapy #TransgenerationalWoman #BreakTheCycle #TherapyThatHeals #GenerationalHealing #EmotionalWellness #LegacyWork #HealingInCommunity #Florida #Therapy #Therapist #Women

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I created Transgenerational Therapy for the woman I once was—
The one holding it all together while carrying more than just her own pain.

The Transgenerational Woman is the cycle breaker.
The quiet healer.
The first to say: “No more silence. It stops with me.”

She doesn’t just want healing—
She wants to pass something new down.

This space is for her.
Welcome back. 💫

— Viktoriya, LMFT

#TransgenerationalWoman #BreakTheCycle #TherapyThatHeals #GenerationalHealing #EmotionalWellness #FaithAndHealing #LegacyWork #HealingInCommunity

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What a joy to meet dynamic women in wellness at @blackhealthconnect.

@raquelmartinphd @drfranchescafontus @iamtimad Sandra Severe.

Looking forward to continuing the journey of wellness. Shout out to Black Health Connect and Dulcas Charles for creating this incredible space.

#wellness #wellnesswednesday #womensupportingwomen #womeninbusiness #women

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You may be a Transgenerational Woman like me...

…who went through an unexpected divorce while building the career of your dreams.
…who survived an abusive relationship that left you questioning your worth and your voice.
…who found out your long-time partner was cheating while you were holding it all together.
…who took a leap toward a dream job or business and it didn’t go as planned.
…who looks radiant on the outside, but inside feels crushed by insecurity and rejection.
…who juggles motherhood, marriage, and a full-time career but silently wonders, “Who’s really here for me?”
…who is in your 20s, 30s, 40s, or 50s and still wrestling with “Why am I not further along?”
…who just lost a parent much too young and still feeling like “I just can’t seem to get over it.”
…who is experiencing burnout at work and overthinking if they made the right career move.
…who is ready for love but is met with consistent disappointment.

💔 If any of this sounds like you… YOU are not alone.

You are the woman we built this space for.

Because being a strong woman doesn’t mean doing it all alone. It means knowing when to heal, when to ask for help, and when to let someone hold space for you.

Transgenerational Women this is your invitation to come out from behind the closed doors. We see you. We honor your journey. We’ve got a seat at the table just for you.

Ready to start your healing journey?

💻 Visit gentogentherapy.com to connect or follow the link in bio to book today.

#TransgenerationalWomen #TherapyForWomen #LegacyWork #FaithBasedHealing #StrongWomenHeal #WomensMentalHealth #BreakTheCycle #HealingIsHoly #YouAreNotAlone

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This is more than therapy. It’s a turning point.

What began as a launch became a holy moment, a room full of women letting go, leaning in, and beginning the work of healing.

Transgenerational Therapy is now open.
A space for women ready to go beneath the surface, to heal the roots and break what no longer belongs to them.

If something inside you is stirring, this is your invitation.

Book your consultation now at gentogentherapy.com

Your healing starts here.
Link in bio 💜

#TransgenerationalTherapy #NowOpen #TherapyForWomen #BreakTheCycle #MentalHealthMatters #HealingStartsHere #HolisticHealing #YouAreWorthy #EmotionalWellness #therapy

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Honored to walk alongside some truly incredible souls in this journey of growth and healing. You all make me smile!

Here’s to the power of transformation, the beauty of self-awareness, and the gift of mental health. It’s an honor to be part of this field and to witness the incredible breakthroughs that happen every day. 💜@dudebreathecounseling @brentcare @behavioralhealth #relationships #therapy #grateful #healing #mentalhealth #therapists #community #women #marketing #learning

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Philippians 1:3 says, “Every time I think of you, I thank my God”

Christian Mental Health Professionals had a networking fellowship last night! I’m so grateful for this group 💗🕊️

#christiancounselors #christianpsychotherapist #christianmentalhealth #throughthevalleytherapy

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