About Me
I’m a second career psychotherapist following more than 15 years of development in corporate wealth management starting as an administrative assistant, then becoming a corporate trainer, and eventually an IT project manger. It wasn’t until I became a dislocated worker during 2010 recession, I claimed my life purpose earning my bachelor’s degree at age 49, and then relocating to NYC where I earned and my masters degree at Fordham University at 50. My second half of life is nothing what I had planned for myself yet building a life of meaning, purpose and life long learning in the most diverse borough in the world, I get to engage with others and help them overcome trauma, neurodiversity, and the overwhelm that comes from life transitions. I am licensed, trained and experienced in helping my clients move through/process their symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD and the traumatic cognitive dissonance that stems from narcissistic, intentional pathological abuse and coercive control.
Leslie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the state of New York. She earned her Bachelors of Social Work at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Connecticut, and her Masters of Social Work at Fordham University’s Graduate School at Lincoln Center in New York. Leslie has post graduate training from the Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training in New York and most recently earned a certification in and earned a certification in Treating Trauma in Survivors of Pathological Relationship Abuse from Dr. Peter Salerno. Leslie continues her education studying and practicing modalities to help with various challenges brought on by trauma and late diagnosed ADHD including anxiety, unresolved/complex grief, and narcissistic abuse/traumatic cognitive dissonance.