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Leslie Hagedorn

Compassionate LCSW helping with addiction and trauma

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Indiana
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Leslie

Leslie Hagedorn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana with ten years of experience in behavioral health. She helps people facing addiction, trauma, anxiety, mood challenges, and parenting stress. Leslie aims to meet people where they are and supports practical steps toward change.

She values clear goals and steady progress in therapy. Her background includes direct clinical work before and after graduate school, plus doctoral-level supervised training that covered assessment methods.

Background and approach

Leslie has focused training in substance use and co-occurring disorders and has worked with people affected by complex trauma and process addictions. Her education included work with intellectual and personality assessment during supervised practice in a Doctor of Clinical Psychology program.

Leslie draws on several approaches to guide sessions, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Motivational Interviewing, and Client-Centered methods. In session she mixes practical skill-building with attention to emotions and meaning. This helps with symptoms like panic, depressive moods, impulsivity, and stress related to parenting or life transitions.

She also has experience with forensic populations and with people managing co-morbidity and substance use challenges. Leslie can talk through communication problems, codependency, anger, and issues around fatherhood or blended family dynamics. Her aim is to help clients develop clearer coping skills and more manageable day-to-day routines.

Leslie welcomes people ready to work on goals like improving relationships, reducing substance use, managing anxiety, or finding clearer direction in life. She combines clinical training and practical tools to support steady, achievable change.

How Leslie’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist offers a supportive space and follows the client's pace to help them name problems and goals, which is useful for parenting stress and self-esteem concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, manage mood symptoms, and change unhelpful habits related to addiction or impulsivity.

EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, helps people who have distressing memories or trauma reactions. It involves guided attention and processing to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Leslie will talk with clients about their needs and preferences, and then recommend or combine methods that fit their goals. This collaborative process helps make sessions feel useful and focused.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or caregiving duties. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work for those on the go, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit brief check-ins or faster support. These options let clients keep therapy consistent while fitting it into daily life.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Leslie commonly address?
Leslie works with many issues including addictions, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, parenting stress, ADHD, relationship and family problems, anger, and self-esteem concerns.
What is Leslie's therapeutic style?
Her style blends practical skill-building with empathetic listening. She uses goal-focused strategies while attending to feelings and personal meaning.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Leslie has ten years of professional experience, including direct clinical work, doctoral-level supervised training, and focused practice with substance use and complex trauma.
What are Leslie's credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Indiana LCSW 34008365A, and practices from Indiana.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
How are sessions delivered?
Leslie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Indiana
Languages
English

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