Compassionate and Collaborative Support

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Frankie offers a warm and compassionate space for adults to explore their inner life, address unconscious and root causes of unwanted behaviors and relational patterns, often shaped by past experiences and societal influences, develop new capacities for navigating life’s challenges and turning points, and heal. She guides clients in deepening their sense of embodiment and connectedness, in building self awareness, self-trust, self-compassion, and self-leadership, and in living a life of meaning, authentically in alignment with their values.

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Who Frankie Works With:

• Those interested in experiential, psychodynamic, relational, somatic/movement and mindfulness-based, existential, transpersonal, psycho-spiritual and depth psychology approaches, in conjunction with talk therapy

• Individuals wanting to heal attachment wounds

• Adult children of emotionally immature parents

• Those in mid-life or experiencing life transitions 

• Clients facing existential or identity concerns

• People dealing with relationship and communication challenges

• Those struggling with anxiety and developmental or complex trauma

• Individuals interested in working with the unconscious, dreams, and the imagination, or in ceremony/ritual for personal growth and healing 

• Clients interested in extended sessions or sessions in nature

• Those experiencing eco and political grief and anxiety  

 

Frankie has an affinity for working with creatives and outside-the-box thinkers who want more than band-aid approaches and are motivated to put time and effort into their healing and growth. She is committed to being anti-racist and anti-oppressive and her approach respects and values diverse identities. 

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In sessions, Frankie fosters safety and rapport through a collaborative approach, bringing a person-centered, compassionate, and engaged presence. She values your expertise, welcomes feedback, uses humor where appropriate, and works at a pace and depth that feels right for you. She holds sessions in office, in nature, and via telehealth.

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Before becoming a clinical social worker, Frankie worked as a garden and farm-based educator, landscape designer, garden manager, and performing artist.

Available Services:

• In-Person: Offices in Durham and Chapel Hill

• Virtual: Across North Carolina

 

Certifications & Experience

• Licensed Clinical Worker Associate

• Masters Degree in Social Work from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University and the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Joint Program)  

• Bachelors in Conservation and Resource Studies, UC Berkeley  

• Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate  

• Emotion Focused Individual Therapy Training Level 1 & 2 

• Movement Therapy Practitioner Certification          

• Internal Family Systems (6 month IFS Inner Circle Training Certificate)

• Embodied Individuation

• Negrido Applied Jungian Psychology

• Albedo Applied Jungian Psychology  

• Dream Interpretation and Appreciation

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

• Existential Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counseling

• Ecotherapy Certificate  

• Nature-Informed Attachment Therapy

• Good Grief Network Eco Grief/Eco Anxiety Peer Support Group Facilitator Certificate

• Transformational Life Coaching 

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frankie.entzel@birchcounselingdurham.com

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