Frankie Fachilla (she/they pronouns) is the owner and primary therapist at the Mental Health Learning Collaborative. She believes that each human being has adapted exactly as they should - building survival skills in an unstable and uncertain environment (this “being human” gig is hard!). As adults, we have the agency to write the next chapter of our story, make changes, and find meaning exactly where we are. And that’s where counseling comes in! Frankie brings a spirit of pragmatism to the work of counseling to make sure you get what you need to take the right next step forward no matter where you’re starting from and no matter what twists and turns arise on the journey.

Frankie has been a licensed professional counselor with mental health service provider designation (LPC-MHSP) in Tennessee since 2009, with years of experience working in community mental health centers and the prison system. Frankie is also certified in EMDR (eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy), an advanced, evidence-based treatment for trauma.

Frankie is constantly learning, growing, and improving as counselor. She also holds a PhD in teaching and supervising other counselors- she’s been educating and training mental health professionals to enter the field of mental health and enhance their work since 2019.

Personally, Frankie is a crazy cat lady (and all-around animal lover), an advocate for social change and loves reading and binging a good TV show (her favorite show of all time is Friday Night Lights - check it out!).