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Education Master of Social Work (Clinical) University of Georgia (2016) Graduate Certificate in Mythological Studies Pacifica Graduate Institute (2026) Bachelor of Social Work Georgia State University (2015) Skills Bilingual English-Spanish fluency Individual and group psychotherapy Supervisory skills Social work field instructor Motivational interviewing DSM diagnostics Harm reduction Housing First Crisis intervention Case management Cognitive behavioral therapy Psychodynamic therapy Acceptance & commitment therapy Mindfulness & hypnotherapy Expressive arts therapy Internal Family Systems Conflict resolution Program management Community outreach & engagement Social planning Social media management HMIS Photoshop Licenses & Certifications Licensed Clinical Social Worker GA, 2021- Present Licensed Master Social Worker GA, 2015 -2021 Awards 2021 Proclamation by Atlanta City Council 2019 Catholic Health Association Achievement Citation (in collaboration with Mercy Care Street Medicine) www.wabe.org/street-medicine-brings-healthcare-to-atlantas-homeless/ 2018 MLK Jr. Community Service Awards (Living Walls) 2017 Proclamation by Atlanta City Council (Intown Collaborative Ministries) 2013 Udall Foundation Scholar Associations APA American Psychologica Association NASW National Association of Social worker American Academy of Psychotherapists SMI Street Medicine Institute National Coalition for the Homeless ARAS The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism ISM International Society of Mythology |
FRANCO BEJARANO, LCSW Psychotherapy - Urban Social Work - Visual arts Atlanta, GA· 678 571 6006 · francopsychotherapy.com Experience Franco Psychotherapy – Atlanta, GA Private Practice Psychotherapist (September 21 – Present) Intown Cares– Atlanta, GA Clinical Program Manager (Feb 23 - present) Responsible for the clinical needs and supervision of the largest outreach team in the city of Atlanta, including psychiatric evaluation and clinical paperwork required for housing interventions. Serves as interim Social Services Director. Team Leader, Homeless Outreach Programs (Jan 19 – Feb 23) Maintained case manager duties while aiding in design, research, and strategic planning of a 14-person homeless outreach program in the City of Atlanta, including a city-funded team and collaborations with Atlanta Police Department, Mercy Care and Atlanta’s Trans Housing Coalition. Served as liaison between the public and the agency; aided in human resources; training and onboarding; and served in committees within the City’s Continuum of Care regarding coordinated entry policies. Outreach Case Manager, Homeless Outreach Program (Jan 17 – Jan 19) Responsible for street outreach with the goal of housing chronically homeless individuals through the City of Atlanta’s Coordinated Entry system. Work included intensive community case management, psychosocial assessments, street psychotherapy, crisis intervention, identification retrieval, housing navigation, behavioral health within Mercy Care’s Street Medicine team, and advocacy for Housing First policies among Housing providers. In 2017 I became the most prolific case manager in Atlanta in terms of housed clients through Coordinated Entry which allowed the agency to secure funding to expand exponentially and model their homeless outreach program after my work. In 2021 I was recognized by the City of Atlanta for this accomplishment. Positive Impact Health Centers – Atlanta, GA Intern Psychotherapist (Aug 15 – August 16) Worked within the spectrum of HIV care providing outpatient psychotherapy, comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments & DSM-5 diagnostics, crisis interventions & suicide assessments, and design and operation of therapy groups within an intensive substance abuse program. The William Breman Jewish Home – Atlanta, GA Intern Social Worker (Sep 14 –May 15) Worked within the spectrum of aging care responsible for providing case management to older adults in inpatient rehabilitation and long-term nursing care; discharge planning; psychometric assessments; family care planning; interdisciplinary treatment planning; recreational therapy; brief psychotherapy and psychoeducation on neurocognitive disorders, end-of-life care, and grief counseling in collaboration with hospice. Grady Memorial Hospital – Atlanta, GA Behavioral Health Apprentice , Inpatient psychiatry (May 12 – Aug 12) Fayette Care Clinic – Atlanta, GA Spanish Interpreter (Jun 10 – Jan 12) American Gateways - (Jun 12 - Aug 12) Forensic translator Worked with refugee cases seeking asylum based on gang violence Art Projects and Residencies MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) Advisory Council for the Arts Member (Feb 23 - Present) “Street to Home”/ Art & Transportation Rapid Response – Smart Growth America, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) – Atlanta (April 20 – June 20) Artist Selected to work in close partnership with HOPE Atlanta to develop a project that thoughtfully addressed MARTA’s unsheltered ridership during the COVID19 pandemic in the form of public art. www.wabe.org/franco-bejarano/ Evolution Arts Residency – ChopArt – Atlanta (May 2019 – Nov 2019) Expressive Arts Therapist Co-Lead a 7-month visual arts class working with youth experiencing homelessness while providing therapeutic oversight. Nuna and the Fog: A Children’s Book about Depression – Atlanta (2018) Illustrator & Author Successfully wrote, illustrated, and crowdfunded to publish a 50-page children’s book about clinical depression based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to be distributed among 300 mental health providers and institutions in the Atlanta Metropolitan area. The BuHi Walk – Living Walls: The City Speaks – Atlanta (Nov 2017) Project Management Assistant Assisted in organizing a street art festival in the Bufford Highway corridor of Atlanta, GA. www.remezcla.com/features/art/living-walls-atlanta-2017/ Signs of Solidarity – Living Walls: The City Speaks – Atlanta (Sep 16, Sept 18, April 20) Artist / Project Management Assistant Worked in a collaborative effort of over 30 arts organizations and artists creating coordinated public banners in response to political divisiveness www.livingwallsatl.com/signs-of-solidarity-atl La Casa Inti – Cuzco, Peru (Jun – August 14) Art Instructor Provided daily instruction to children 5-13 from rural indigenous background experiencing parental abandonment. WonderRoot - Atlanta (Dec 12 - Sept 13) Painting & Drawing Program Leader Published Work & Presentations “Hand hygiene during the COVID‐19 pandemic among people experiencing homelessness”. Journal of Community Psychology (April 2021) "Homeless in the MARTA railway system" Smart Growth America. Virtual Presentation (2020) “Without a Home: Homelessness and Gentrification in the City”. TEDxGeorgiaStateU. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (May 2019) “Psychiatry on Wheels: A Narrative for the Case of Street Medicine from a Housing Perspective”. Social Work Today (June 2018). https://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/exc_0718.shtml “Shamanic Initiations: A hidden Theme within the Fairy Tale of Hansel and Gretel”. Cabinet des Fées: A Journal of fairy tales (July 2011). https://www.cabinetdesfees.com/2011/shamanic-initiations-a-hidden-theme-within-the-fairy-tale-of-hansel-and-gretel/ “Supernatural Abductions: UFO and Folklore Narratives”. Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal (Vol. 2, No. 3) (July 2011) |
