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Hello, my name is Shawndre Leydon. I am a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Florida and Massachusetts. I graduated from Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts in 2017. My practice focuses on working with adults and adolescents in a community setting as well as a forensic setting, working in various state hospitals, treatment centers and jails throughout Massachusetts and Florida. As a community counselor, I specialized in clients with diagnoses including: trauma, PTSD, stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, etc. I provided services to adult clients, adolescent clients, couples and families. I also attended IEP sessions to assist families in the school setting. Furthermore as a forensic counselor, I have a variety of experience working with patients who are sexually deviant to patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder who are impulsively sexually preoccupied.

“An Arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back, it means that it is going to launch you into something great.” Life has its way of pulling us backward, but I believe with positive support, healthy coping skills, and processing through things that are dragging you back; you can learn to thrive and launch yourself into greater things. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Missouri and also licensed in Illinois and Massachusetts. I received my Master's from the University of Missouri-Columbia. I have worked with clients of all ages and enjoy the chance to help you make positive changes to live your best life! I have worked in the mental health field for over ten years. Throughout my time working in mental health I have worked with clients with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, mood disorders, PTSD, personality disorders, and substance and alcohol use disorders. My greatest skill as a therapist is being able to work with clients and help them feel accepted, heard, and understood. I have been trained in many therapy modalities and use these skills to help clients learn coping skills to better manage and cope with daily stress and symptoms they have previously suffered from. I believe change is possible. Using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills, I teach clients mindfulness, emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance. This specific therapy modality was specifically created to help people diagnosed with personality disorders, but I have also found these skills effective in treating a range of other symptoms including anger, depression, anxiety, substance use, mood disorders, self-harming behaviors, trauma responses, and eating disorders. I integrate DBT skills into my client's treatment based on their needs. By learning these helpful and healthy coping skills I have witnessed my clients learn to not only manage their lives better but thrive in life.

Hi this is Carol. I am a licensed independent clinical social worker in eight states. My career started in Pennsylvania where I attended Chestnut Hill College and received my Master's in Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy Option. It continued in upstate Pennsylvania and New York where I attended SUNY University of Buffalo and received my Master of Social Work Degree. I capped those off with a Psy.D. from Cal Southern University, Magnum Cum Laude 2012. I hold an LCSW in PA, VA, NC, TX, and LI. I hold an LISW-CP in South Carolina, and LICSW in RI and MA.

Hi! I am a therapist with 29 years of experience and love working with people to help become the best version of themselves. I form strong therapeutic alliances with the people I work with and help them find the path to feeling better about themselves and their lives. I am positive and supportive and work with people to be solution focused and to quickly learn to be more independent and to trust in themselves and the decisions they make. They will see me as their greatest cheerleader and advocate who is able to help them ask themselves the right questions to be able to make confident decisions on his/her or their own. I am also a CCTP (Certified Clinical Trauma Professional).

In a world where mental health is increasingly recognized as essential, and as an open minded therapist, I encompass a crucial role in the lives of my clients by trust-building, effective communication, empathy, nonjudgmental attitude, problem-solving skills, self-awareness, and resilience. I work with children, individuals and families struggling with emotional concerns - with age 10+, preteens, teenagers, young adults and adults. I have experience working with PANDAS, ADHD, OCD & tics, Anxiety, Phobias, Mood Disorders, Personality Disorders, and PTSD. I specialize in the areas of Trauma, Autism Spectrum, ADHD, Sexual abuse, Dissociative Disorders, Depression, Bipolar, Anxiety, Phobias and short term crisis resolution. I help my clients by utilizing EMDR, TF-CBT or CBT, Polyvagal Theory, Solution Focused Brief therapy, with Culturally Sensitive approach to develop effective coping skills to increase personal functioning and resilience, and release past learned maladaptive behaviors/phobias that may be causing dysfunction in their present life. I am a graduate of Boston University with 20+ years of experience in the mental health field. I was born and raised in India, and can read, write and speak Hindi, I can also understand Panjabi, Gujarati and Urdu.