Leigh Joiner
As a strengths-based, trauma-informed therapist, I specialize in supporting individuals navigating OCD, PTSD, and chronic pain or illness. I bring my own neurodivergent, chronically ill, and PTSD identities to this work, offering a deeply empathetic and authentic space for those facing life's toughest challenges. My practice combines current behavioral health modalities with targeted, specialized interventions. I utilize Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to help clients effectively manage OCD, alongside dedicated trauma frameworks for PTSD. My approach is evidence-based yet deeply human, keeping a supportive eye on how trauma and illness impact the body. Together, we will untangle complex symptoms and leverage your inherent strengths to foster sustainable, practical healing.
First session
In our first session, it's important for us to get to know each other so we can start building a connection. I promise this won't be an interview, but I want to ask questions about you and your life, how you cope, and what brought you to therapy. It's important that you know that you don't have to divulge any personal information you're not ready to talk about yet.
Strengths
Having worked with all types of people in the mental health field, my strength resides in generating an open and attentive space for people to be authentically themselves.
Ideal clients
If you are here, it’s likely because you are ready for change. Not just a temporary fix, but deep, lasting shift. I don’t view therapy as a passive hour where you vent and I simply nod. I view it as a collaborative, active partnership. My ideal clients are people who are ready to look closely at their patterns, answer the hard questions, and show up fully for their own growth. You will likely thrive in my practice if you: Are tired of staying stuck and feel ready to do the necessary personal work. Value honest, direct, and compassionate feedback over passive reassurance. See therapy as a shared commitment that requires your active energy and curiosity. Growth isn't always comfortable, but it is incredibly rewarding. If you are ready to accept the challenge and commit to your own evolution, I am ready to walk that path with you.
Treatment methods
Integrative
I believe in a personalized and holistic approach to therapy, so treatment will be as eclectic as the issues we explore. You can expect humanistic, somatic, compassion-focused, trauma informed, strengths based, narrative, & psychodynamic therapies to be weaved throughout. This flexible approach allows us to collaborate and tend to the unique & complex needs of your mind, body, & soul.
Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
I am an ERP trained specialist with lived experience of OCD
Location
Virtual sessions
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Licensed in
- North CarolinaLicense C015788
- PennsylvaniaLicense CW024625
- South CarolinaLicense 16514