Hi! I am Frances Garcia-Barna (she/her)!
I am a clinical social worker in Georgia, with more than a decade of hands-on experience, working with individuals and families of all ages to address and navigate difficult behaviors, challenges, and experiences. Whether we are addressing trauma, addiction, personal life transitions, parenting, depression/anxiety, foster care/adoption challenges, and/or self-worth, I believe you're the expert on your story.
You deserve a place to feel heard, to receive grace, and to facilitate the change and growth you are seeking. Often times when we experience adversity, we operate from a survival mindset and this makes it difficult to trust and feel safe in our environments. Feeling seen, heard, and valued in our relationships, while knowing our self-worth, leads to understanding and seeking positive, healthy relationships, growth, and healing. It allows us to just be our genuine, authentic self!
I am here to meet you where you are, empower you, and help you discovery what you are seeking from your therapeutic journey. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting problems, and toxic self-image beliefs. I also helped many people who have experienced physical/sexual trauma or emotional abuse. My counseling style is warm using empathetic listening and unconditional positive regard to create an atmosphere where clients feel safe. I believe in treating anyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I want clients to feel understood rather than being judged.
I have a Bachelor of Science from the University of Georgia and a Master of Social Work from Kennesaw State University. I am a Trust Based Relational Intervention® practitioner, Making Sense of Your Self-Worth facilitator, Parenting for Positive Self Worrh, HALO therapist through the HALO project, and domestic violence advocate for Fight Against Domestic Violence.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Anger management, Self esteem, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Attachment issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Communication problems, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Immigration issues, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Multicultural concerns, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Post-traumatic stress, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
GA LCSW CSW007344
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Frances makes me feel comfortable, heard, and seen. Highly recommend her as a therapist!
Written on Jul 26, 2021 after therapy with Frances for 2 months on issues concerning grief
She is wonderful
Written on May 10, 2021 after therapy with Frances for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue