Maybe she’s born with it! 🧠 Maybe it’s late stage capitalism. ~ you are worth so much more than your productivity. you need rest and care. you are a human being ~ not a human doing. you are allowed to just be ~ A social worker at ❤️🔥, my clinical approach is grounded in acknowledging the harm caused by systems of oppression + structural racism. My practice centers intersectional feminist values + disability justice. I am anti-racist + LGBTQIA+ celebratory. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 As a therapist + human, I recognize + reflect on the privilege I hold + how this has assisted me in navigating the world. The lens I look through may be of interest to you. I am a second generation immigrant settler from Lebanon. I am a Millenial. I have a Master's education and grew up in an upper-middle class family. I am a non-binary queer woman. I am able-bodied, chronically ill and a survivor. I live in the colonized portion of Wabanaki territory now known as Mount Desert Island, Maine. My practice supports gender-diverse + queer individuals with atypical ways of thinking, feeling + relating. I serve highly intellectual folks + deep thinkers. I specialize in working with "Talented & Gifted burn-out kids" who are in the process of unmasking. Many of my clients are late-diagnosed or un-diagnosed Autistic/ADHD. I work with hyper-sensitive, self-aware, highly anxious survivors of complex trauma who experience obsessive thoughts, executive dysfunction, social withdrawal//avoidance + sleep disturbances. I vibe with clients who are interested in understanding themselves + how their early childhood experiences shaped their relational patterns today. If this is you, I would be honored to support you on this journey of ✨unlearning✨🌱
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
As your therapist, I will create space for you to go deeper. Whatever needs to present itself will. Therapy is a space for you and it will be what it needs to be. I am here to help you figure out what that is if you aren't sure yet. I will modify my therapeutic orientation to provide the container necessary to hold and empower you. The therapeutic bond we build is where the work starts. I serve as a warm witness as you begin the work of unlearning & healing. My approach to therapy is transpersonal, humanistic and deep. As our work together evolves, I will begin to recognize your patterns and will then inquire to see if you notice what I do. I will meet you where you're at, no matter where that is <3
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My clients describe me as calm, empowering, authentic, solution-focused + attuned. I am skilled at pattern recognition within the thinking and behavior of individuals + family systems. I have a niche interest in generational trauma and the impact of this from generation to generation. Another one of my special interests is in advocacy for de-pathologizing the human experience + shifting the Mental Health Paradigm from the Disease model to Neurodiversity affirming care and language. I see my clients as the experts of their lives and provide space + compassionate inquiry to encourage introspection. I love being present as my clients experience "aha" moments and un-learn narratives + habits they developed in order to feel safe but are no longer needed to protect them. I feel my lived experience makes me a bad ass therapist. I go to therapy weekly and think everyone should. You are not broken or disordered. Nothing is wrong with you. You just haven't been given the support you need to be✨YOU✨!
About Leyla El-Baba
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Transpersonal
Attachment-based
Brainspotting
Existential
Relational
On average, United Medical Resources clients pay $0-$86
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