Calabasas Counseling Debi Frankle

Debi Jenkins Frankle, M.S. LMFT co-founded Calabasas Counseling and Grief Recovery Center with her husband Mark Frankle, M.A., LMFT. Over the last 20 years Debi's professional experience includes experience in schools, hospitals, group homes, crisis centers and private practice. She travels throughout the United States and Canada leading training certification workshops for The Grief Recovery Institute.

Primarily, Debi helps clients to cope with chronic illness, move beyond grief and loss, manage end-of-life care, as well as helping clients struggle with the heartache of infertility and miscarriage. Debi also provides self-care and stress management services, which are particulalry directed toward those working in the helping professions.

Aware of the calming effects that pets can have for people, itis not uncommon for Floyd, the Golden Retriever to sit in on a session or two. Debi is also an avid gardener and many of her blooms make their way to the office.

"As the result of my own personal experiences with death and divorce I have dedicated my career to helping others come to terms with the incompleteness that comes with the ending of a relationship. When a relationship ends we are all left with the regret of wishing that we had said or done more or wished that it had been better or different. When a relationship ends, what are we to do with the hopes and dreams that go unfilled? In my experience both professionally and personally, I have found that once grievers muster the courage to confront the incompleteness of grief they soon begin to nurture renewed sense of hope for their life."