A Place to Reconnect With Yourself
Life brings challenges that aren’t always easy to navigate alone. Whether you’re struggling with relationships, anxiety, addiction, or a significant life transition, therapy offers a space to be heard, gain perspective, and move forward.
Experience. Understanding. Connection.
I'm Francis J. Toal, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California.
Before becoming a therapist, I spent more than 25 years working in engineering, management, and organizational leadership. Those experiences gave me an appreciation for the pressures of work, relationships, expectations, and navigating life's transitions.
My approach to therapy is collaborative, compassionate, and straightforward. I believe meaningful change begins with understanding ourselves, recognizing the patterns that shape our lives, and discovering new ways of relating to ourselves and others.
How I Can Help
Support for life’s challenges, transitions and relationships
Men’s Issues and Life Transitions
Navigate work pressures, identity, relationships, emotional isolation, and changing expectations. Find greater clarity and direction through life's transitions.
Addiction and Compulsive Behaviors
Understand patterns involving alcohol, pornography, gambling, and other behaviors that feel difficult to control. Develop healthier ways of coping and making choices.
Relationships and Emotional Wellbeing
Explore anxiety, depression, communication difficulties, and recurring relationship patterns. Build understanding, connection, and emotional resilience.
The Strength to Seek Change
Strength isn't having all the answers. Sometimes, it's having the courage to ask for help.
We live in a culture that often celebrates self-reliance and encourages us to face life's challenges on our own. Asking for help can feel like admitting weakness, particularly when we've spent years believing we should be able to figure everything out ourselves.
I see it differently. Recognizing that we don't have all the answers, and being willing to seek another perspective, takes courage, self-awareness, and strength.
Our work together begins with a conversation—not simply about the challenges you're facing, but about the person you'd like to become and the life you'd like to lead. We'll explore how you would like to describe yourself, your relationships, and your future, while recognizing the strengths and abilities you already possess. Together, we'll identify meaningful, achievable steps toward making that preferred future a reality.
Therapy That Fits Your Life
Whether you prefer meeting face-to-face or from the comfort of your own home, Anam Therapy Group offers flexible options for individual and couples therapy.
In-Person Therapy
I welcome clients to my office in
Pleasant Hill, California
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2100 Monument Boulevard
Suite 7, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Online Therapy
Secure telehealth sessions are available to clients located anywhere in California
Whether we meet in person or online, my goal is to provide a comfortable, supportive environment where meaningful conversations and lasting change can begin
Your Next Chapter Begins with a Conversation.
You don't need to have everything figured out before reaching out. Whether you're ready to make a change or simply curious about what therapy might offer, I welcome the opportunity to connect.