A Bilingual Licensed Associate Counselor who completed her Doctoral Internship at the Multicultural Counseling and Testing Center. Leslie obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Kean University and a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from Rutgers University (formerly University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey).
Bilingual Licensed Associate
Leslie is devoted to helping clients find well-being through comprehensive treatment goal planning, providing education, awareness, and ongoing therapeutic services. She has experience facilitating both group and individual therapy. She has experience in providing services to individuals managing issues with depression, anxiety, grief/loss, stress, drug and alcohol use, and life changes. In addition, her work experience includes working with the co-occurring population and individuals with mental health diagnoses as a Dual Recovery Specialist at a partial care in Union County and as an Intensive Outpatient Counselor at a methadone clinic in Essex County. She also has experience as a Bilingual Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor at a state funded agency working with people with different disabilities trying to enter or re-enter the workforce.
Her clinical interest includes working with Hispanic/ Latino individuals in reference to cultural trauma experienced from hostile immigration laws. She feels it is important to meet these individuals’ needs and to decrease the barriers that exist within the Hispanic/ Latino population’s access to mental health services. She is committed to working with underserved populations, empowering individuals facing adversity, and incorporating the principles of social justice into her clinical work.
