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About Leslie

Leslie Hagedorn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana with ten years of combined clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, mood concerns, and the everyday strain of parenting and relationships. Her approach is grounded and practical, aiming to make therapy useful and understandable for busy people.

Leslie uses conversations that center the client's goals and values. She helps clients break problems into smaller steps and try tools that fit their life.

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Background and approach

Sessions emphasize clear skills for coping, managing mood, and improving communication. She brings experience working with trauma, substance use and co-occurring conditions, and complex stress responses. That background informs how she helps people who struggle with panic, impulsivity, guilt, shame, or chronic worry.

She also works with people addressing career stress, life transitions, and questions of purpose. Leslie draws on several therapeutic approaches to match what each person needs. Her work can include short-term coaching-style guidance or longer exploration depending on what someone wants.

She aims to create a steady, collaborative space where people can try new strategies and notice gradual change. People who reach out can expect a straightforward style and practical focus. Leslie supports getting unstuck, building healthier habits, and managing symptoms so daily life feels more manageable.

She welcomes conversations in English and works with clients located in and beyond Indiana.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-centered work focuses on the person's goals and values and puts the conversation around what matters most to them. It helps people feel heard and guides decisions about what to try next for daily struggles.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits over time.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is used when traumatic memories or distressing events keep causing strong reactions. It aims to reduce the intensity of those memories so they interfere less with day-to-day functioning.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Leslie will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions can shift between skill-building, deeper processing, or brief motivational work depending on what is helpful.

Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to keep continuity of care. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Leslie supports people facing addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and stress-related issues. She also helps with relationship problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, and career or life-purpose questions.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style centers the client and uses practical tools. She blends client-centered conversations with cognitive behavioral ideas and other methods to develop skills and clearer thinking.
What is her background and experience?
She has ten years of combined clinical experience, including work with trauma, substance use and co-occurring disorders. Her background includes assessment experience and work with complex presentations.
What credentials and location does she have?
Leslie holds an LCSW in Indiana and practices from that state. Her credential is listed as LCSW and she provides services tied to that licensure.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. She accepts international clients in addition to people located in the United States.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be provided via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options let people choose a format that fits their schedule and communication style.
How are costs and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Indiana
Languages
English

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