Ava Frankel
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
New Leaf Behavioral Health: Making mental health care affordable and accessible for all.
Ava is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate with a degree is Social Work from UNC Charlotte. With over 2 years of experience at both hospital and outpatient settings, Ava provides individual and family counseling for children, adolescents, and adults. She applies evidence-based interventions in her practice to partner clients as they navigate transitions, challenges, relationships, and mental health struggles. In an effort to create a safe space for her clients, Ava believes trust and rapport are essential. To foster a trusting relationship with her clients she utilizes skills such as empathy, active listening, and open-ended questions to gain insight into each individual's experiences.
Practice hours (EDT)
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Abuse
- Academic Concerns
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Body Image
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- College and School Placement
- Depression
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Financial Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Immigration/Acculturation
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Learning Disorder
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Panic
- Parenting Concerns
- Peer Difficulties
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Physical Assault
- Physical Stress
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Sexual Identity
- Social Anxiety
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Children (under 10)
- Preteens (10-12)
- Teens (13-17)
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Assessment/Evaluation
- Behavior Modification
- Couples Therapy
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Behavior Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Location
Accommodations
Entering the practice
- Wide doorway
- Well-lit path to entrance
- Door can be opened easily
- Disabled parking spot (8ft / 2.4m)
Getting around
- Wide hallways (36” or 90cm)
- Elevators
Remote options
- Video
Payment options
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – North Carolina
- Blue Home BCBS of UNC – North Carolina
- Blue Value BCBS – North Carolina
- Medicaid – North Carolina
- Medicaid - Healthy Blue – North Carolina
- Medicaid - United HealthСare Community Plan – North Carolina
- Medicaid Alliance Behavioral Health Care – North Carolina
- Medicaid AmeriHealth Caritas – North Carolina
- Medicaid Sandhill Center – North Carolina
- Medicaid Trillium Health Resources – North Carolina
- Medicaid Vaya Health – North Carolina
- Medicaid Wellcare – North Carolina
- In-network insurance
- Out-of-pocket
Credentials
Licenses
LCSWA
P019194, North Carolina
Education
UNC Charlotte
MSW (Master of Social Work), 2023