Leslie Hagedorn

Leslie Hagedorn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana with a decade of experience. She greets clients with a straightforward, compassionate approach and aims to meet people where they are in their lives. Leslie values the courage it takes to seek support and focuses on practical steps toward change.

Her background blends clinical practice and academic training. She spent three years in a Doctor of Clinical Psychology program with supervised fieldwork, and she has six years of post‑graduate direct clinical work plus earlier direct service experience. That mix of practice and education shaped her comfort with assessments and complex cases.

Leslie works with many concerns that often overlap, such as addiction, trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, relationship strain, parenting stress, and anger. She also supports people facing issues like impulsivity, guilt and shame, dissociation, and co-occurring substance use and mental health problems. Her experience includes work with people affected by domestic violence and forensic settings.

She uses a range of approaches to fit each person’s needs, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, existential perspectives, EMDR for trauma, and motivational interviewing for change. Sessions focus on clear goals, building coping skills, and practical plans for daily life.

Leslie accepts international clients and offers services in English. To begin, clients answer a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

Approaches that guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people set goals that matter to them. This approach is useful when someone needs a steady, empathic space to make decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It uses simple exercises and practice to change unhelpful patterns and can help with anxiety, stress, anger, and mood problems.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma‑informed method that helps process upsetting memories. It is often used when past events continue to cause strong reactions in day-to-day life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then try methods that seem to fit. People often combine approaches so the work matches their needs and changes over time.

Confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check‑in meetings when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and processing work to an online setting so clients can keep progressing while managing life demands.