Hello! My name is Daisy Franco, and I am a seasoned bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Illinois. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about me and see how, as your therapist, I can guide you through your current obstacle(s). I graduated with my Master’s in Social Work with a mental health concentration and a Certification in Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice with Children and Adolescents. I have a wealth of experience serving BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) at-risk youth, adolescents, and adults in various settings: residential, behavioral health services, and therapeutic schools. Some of these client populations included emotionally disabled children and adolescents as well as adults presenting with intellectual and developmental disabilities. When working with children and adolescents in the school environment, I have conducted assessments/evaluations for students struggling within the academic setting, preparing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and providing social work services to students with social-emotional needs. Many of these students are experiencing anxiety, school avoidance, depression, ptsd, peer conflict, and many other issues that can impact a student's ability to learn and flourish in an educational setting. I also have a strong foundation background in working with adult clients with chronic and severe mental illness and dual-integrated co-occurring disorders such as a schizophrenia, bipolar I and II .
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session, I will begin getting to know you and listen to your concerns. I will validate your feelings and you will feel heard. Your life journey is important to me, and our time spent together is carefully crafted to allow a safe place to be heard, seen, and, in time, feel empowered. My approach includes helping clients identify their strengths to overcome obstacles and break away from unhealthy patterns or habits. Clients also learn to implement positive coping skills and behaviors to improve their mindset. Depending on clients’ individualized needs, communication resiliency and personal strengths can increase with time by learning the tools needed to reach individual goals. A trustworthy, empathetic clinician like myself will facilitate the process through solid validation, humility, and compassion to help my clients understand their life journey. Therapeutic success cannot occur without the ability to have my clients feel accepted, and heard. We will work together on a treatment plan with goals that align with your current needs and together to support the transformation you seek to bring peace, and self-acceptance of yourself.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I take pride in knowing my clients will feel empowered as they are in this therapeutic process with me. It can be very scary to meet someone new and reveal your feelings. You set the pace of your therapeutic journey with me. In addition, being bilingual has helped me connect with Spanish-speaking clients, as I can particularly relate to Hispanic clients. Speaking the native language helps develop trusting relationships and encourages communication. As a first-generation Mexican-American, I understand the challenges BIPOC face when it comes to mental health treatment for themselves when there may be challenges with this topic in family dynamics.
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Attachment-based
Attachment theory is a solid foundation for understanding the development of ineffective coping strategies and the underlying dynamics of a person’s emotional difficulties. I can help those with attachment anxiety and avoidance understand how past experiences with caregivers or significant others have shaped their coping patterns and how these patterns work to protect them initially but later contribute to their experiences of distress. Early childhood experiences are indeed important for influencing development and behavior later in life. We can uncover those behaviors together.
Trauma Informed Care
Shifts the focus from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?” A trauma-informed care approach acknowledges having a complete picture of a client's past and present life situation to provide effective therapeutic services with a healing orientation. I seek to realize the widespread impact of trauma on clients life story and understand paths for recovery.
Strength-Based
This approach builds on clients’ strengths, which I see as resourceful and resilient in adverse conditions. It is also client-led and centered on outcomes, allowing clients to effect change in themselves to guide them in forming a new relationship with themselves, shaping their actions in their lives. Everyone has character strengths and core patterns of thinking and behaving that are positive, and when used intentionally, these will benefit the client and those around them. I will uncover these strengths of yours by listening to your personal life story.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
SFBT places far more importance on discussing solutions than problems. Of course, you and I must discuss the problem to find a solution, but this goes beyond understanding what the problem is and deciding how to address it. This process requires clients to be committed to finding realistic, workable solutions based on what sets the exception scenario apart. The client and I set goals and implement the solution together. Indeed, SFBT works on the assumption that every client has at least some level of motivation to address their problems and find solutions that improve their quality of life. This motivation on the part of the client is an essential piece of the model that would make us work together well in finding solutions.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Through CBT, my clients examine their thoughts and emotions closely and understand how their thoughts affect their actions. They can unlearn negative thoughts and behaviors and learn to adopt healthier thinking patterns and habits. I use a question-and-answer format to help you gain a different perspective. As a result, my clients learn to respond better to stress, pain, and difficult situations.
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