Licensed to practice in Maine and accepts 9 insurances. Specializes in Family Conflict, Spirituality, Trauma and PTSD and 8 more.
Una Leavitt
(she/her)
New to Grow
About me
Greetings, I am glad you are here! You are exercising courage right now as you search for a provider but finding someone to meet your needs can be daunting! So read on and don't stop until you have someone you can trust in your corner! We heal through connection and my style reflects that person centered framework. I will come beside you and help you feel safe and confident that you will be seen and heard without judgment. I will answer your questions and if I don't know, I will work to connect you to resources or information. I have decades of experience and training and I've been through my share of hardships. So I am a clinician and a client. I'm a mother and grandmother. I'm an artist and a researcher. Music, creativity and nature are my outlets. I'm genuine and grateful that I can help others. I hope to offer that to you. Therapy is not a one size fits all service so I will treat you as an individual who may be overwhelmed with emotions, thoughts and behavior. I understand how trauma, early childhood experiences and grief can impact our functioning. I know that substance misuse can impact our health. I understand that life adjustments like marriage, having children, and career moves can rattle us and cause emotional distress . I also know that many struggle in silence and feel all alone. The problems don't resolve if not addressed and connection is key!
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
When we meet for the first time, you will probably be nervous, that's to be expected, so lets ease that anxiety right now. I will guide the session, so no need for you to struggle with "how do I even begin?" I will ask you to share about your life, I will reflect and ask clarifying questions, I will check in to be sure you are comfortable and we will explore your struggles, your strengths and your goals. You will be invited at any time to ask about me and my work, style and experience. We will review your intake replies and clarify your intention. If I ask a question that you are not prepared to answer-you can pass for now and we will revisit if it comes up again. We will talk about what you need in the moment and make a plan to address this first. You will be provided with a plan for next steps and I'll invite you to give any feedback that can help as we move forward together. We will also plan for our next meeting with the invitation to do some "homework" between sessions. My main goal in the first few sessions is to build rapport and ensure you feel heard, safe and confident that our work together will bring about relief.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
I listen deeply and care for each person I have the to honor to get to know. I have been through my share of struggles so I can relate. I see you as the expert of your life and respect what you say. I see strengths and will often point them out, even if you can not see them right away. If you need someone who is compassionate, smart, caring and clinically prepared, I may be your person. I have expertise in human development across the lifespan. This means that I understand some of the difficulties and challenges that can come during critical stages of development-birth to death. I have experience with issues of family estrangement-a painful family separation that causes intense grief. Family estrangement is more common these days but its painful-even if necessary-for all involved. I can help you cope and take meaningful steps forward. Career changes-wanted or imposed-impact our sense of self. I can help you rebuild after a career change or loss. I also understand compassion fatigue, burnout and moral injury that can happen on the job. Personal identity is often wrapped in our roles in relationship, career and what we "do." I help people regain a sense of purpose and self in the face of disruption of role. I am well versed in various treatment approaches and tailor our plan to your needs. If you feel uncertain or uncomfortable-you are invited to let me know-I can take it. This is not just a job" for me. My work with you holds meaning and responsibility. I take that seriously by providing clinically sound, ethical, person centered care with a touch of humor and a sense of human connection..
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
Do any of there questions resonate with you? Feeling alone and overwhelmed? Experiencing anxiety that keeps you up at night? Depression that has you scrolling in bed all day? Do relationship struggles that make it hard to come home? Does social anxiety keep you in? Are you continuing to use addictive outlets that cause more harm than good? Do you have internal confusion that has you wondering, "am I crazy?" You are not alone, and you are in the right place to ease it up, lay it down and sort it out.
Specialties
Top specialties
Family Conflict
Spirituality
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
Anxiety
Career Counseling
Child or Adolescent
Depression
Grief
Life Transitions
Parenting
Women's Issues
Identifies as
Woman
Serves ages
Adults (18 to 64)
Children (6 to 12)
Elders (65 and above)
Licensed in
Maine
Accepts
Arlo
Cash - $150 per session
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
Evernorth
GTEB
Location
Virtual
My treatment methods
Trauma Informed Care
What happened to you? Processing traumatic events in your life is important because after an event that felt extremely scary or life threatening, our system remembers. Our system works to protect us from future hurt by sending messages that we need to "fight, flee, freeze or fawn." This works well if there is a real danger. The problem is after trauma, our system sometimes mistakes an event or interaction for danger when its not. Then we feel protection is necessary and we react to these events as if it were dangerous. Traumatic events are serious markers in our life and can cause relationships and career problems long after the experience. My approach to trauma informed care is to provide a safe space, ask your permission frequently so you feel in control. I monitor the pace so feelings are manageable and understood.
Strength-Based
What's going well? I want to know your strengths, talents and passion. I work to explore what's going well so we can build from there. I can often hear strengths, values and positive aspects of a persons life, even if they have forgotten. Our hardships can become the only lens we see from. I bring in and highlight the other viewpoints like the ways you are coping, making it through the day, your motivations, values and priorities. This allows you to see that even if it feels hopeless, there are aspects of your life that you can build from. All is not lost-you have strengths and accomplishments that are still available-sometimes we need to remember this to have the motivation to move forward. I am good at this and I will help you see that you have what it takes!
Jungian
We are often not conscious of our deeper feelings and thoughts but they arise in everyday life and can be problematic. Want to dig deeper? Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. Jungian psychology emphasizes the unconscious, symbolism, archetypes, dreams, and the process of becoming a more integrated self. I help people explore dreams, hard to explain emotions, dark thoughts and the shadow-parts of ourselves that we may reject, hide, or have difficulty accepting. Jungian theories also explore the persona-ways we mask to be accepted by others. Are you ready to take off the mask and see yourself? If you are brave and interested in learning more about the subconscious and spiritual aspects of healing, I can help. Using Jungian theories and approaches, we can explore these concepts as they apply to you.