Franca Bibow, MSW, LMSW, RYT (she/her)

Psychotherapist at Empowered Therapy, LLC

It is courageous to choose healing. To practice honoring and holding your heart, bodily sensations, and life experiences with self-compassion and curiosity. To get to know the parts of oneself that were birthed from a place of survival and have a protective origin, but which are no longer serving you at this moment in time. It is courageous to be honest with oneself. To turn inwards and greet parts of yourself that are in need of nourishment, kind inquiry, and accountability to grow. To practice listening to yourself and embodying who you are, listening to your truth; is all courageous. This practice in which we are asked to let go of the shore and be shaped by the currents of the waters ultimately leads to a more fulfilling, connective, and present life.

Welcome! I am so excited you are here and would feel honored to work with you. I am a Licensed Master of Social Work and am currently undertaking clinical supervision with Kelly Caul, MSW, LCSW, SEP (License # 2007000757) to becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I provide therapeutic services to adolescents, 13 years and older, and adults of all ages. I enjoy working with individuals across diverse backgrounds and identities with a specific joy to work with LGBTQIA+ identifying individuals. I focus in supporting individuals navigating struggles such as anxiety, depression, dissociation, complex relational trauma, grief, abuse, substance use, and challenges with life transitions.

 Having a somatic background as a yoga instructor and reiki practitioner, I am passionate about bringing focus to our bodies, the vessels we experience life through and with, in cultivating greater presence, attunement, trust, and fulfillment in our lives.

 I deeply resonate with the sentiment of body wisdom and draw upon information about, and exploration of, the nervous system when working with individuals. I work diligently to cultivate a safe and compassionate space for clients to feel comfortable expressing themselves vulnerably and to come as they are on each given day.

Through mindful self-compassion, systems theory, body awareness practices, shame- resilience approaches, deep listening, and open dialogue I work collaboratively with clients to adopt a more loving, self-accepting, and compassionate view of themselves and their unique individual experience in the world. I utilize a parts and trauma informed approach in my work with clients and am receiving education and guidance by my supervisor, Kelly Caul MSW, LCSW, SEP to deepen my knowledge and application of Internal Family Systems (IFS) framework, as well as Somatic Experiencing (SE).

 I often center on processing internal struggles through a relational lens with parts of ourselves, and our external world. I believe sustained, integrated, and desired change breaks down into daily commitments to, and practices with, ourselves and to the aspects of our lives; people, places, spaces, we hold important in our hearts.

Appointments  at Empowered Therapy

Individual Session (45-50 minute) - range from $80 - $185

We do offer a percentage of sessions at a reduced fee rate for those with financial hardship.  We would be happy to speak with you about your financial situation to determine if you qualify for a reduced fee.

Credit cards (MasterCard, VISA, & Discover), debit cards, and Health Savings Account cards accepted. Cash and checks also accepted. Payment is due at each session.

Cancellation Policy

In the event that it is necessary to cancel an appointment, please give 24 hour notification or the full cost of the session will be charged. This is allows for other clients on the cancellation list or who may call that day in emergencies to utilize that appointment time.   

Out-of-Network Provider Reimbursement

To ensure complete focus on clinical care, this practice does not directly bill through any insurance plan. This allows you as the client to work with me to determine the duration of your therapy, versus the insurance company dictating how many sessions you should receive. This also helps to protect your private and confidential information.

However, insurance-ready statements will be provided that review the services you have accessed. These statements can be used for out-of-network reimbursement through your insurance plan.

You can contact your insurance company and ask if they cover an out-of-network Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Click HERE for helpful questions to ask your insurance company. If this is something that you are interested in I recommend that you call them before I first appointment to gather all of the information you need. Please let me know if you have any questions or if I can be a support in this process. 

No Surprise Act/Good Faith Estimate

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost.

Under Section 2799B-6 of the Public Health Service Act, health care providers and health care facilities are required to inform individuals who are not enrolled in a plan or coverage or a Federal health care program, or not seeking to file a claim with their plan or coverage both orally and in writing of their ability, upon request or at the time of scheduling health care items and services, to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” of expected charges for a service.

Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call (800) 368-1019

Contact me

francabibow79@gmail.com | 314-590-3079