Leslie Hagedorn, LCSW

Leslie Hagedorn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Indiana with ten years of combined experience in direct practice and supervised clinical training. She works with people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, anxiety, and relationship and parenting concerns. Leslie supports those dealing with career stress, life changes, and the practical challenges of parenting and fatherhood issues.

She has experience in substance use and co-occurring disorders and has worked with people affected by complex trauma and process addictions. Her background includes doctoral-level supervised practice that involved intellectual and personality assessment. Before graduate school she provided three years of direct service work, and she has multiple years of clinical work treating mood and anxiety disorders.

In sessions she draws from several approaches to fit common difficulties. These include client-centered methods that focus on listening and the client's priorities, cognitive behavioral techniques for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and EMDR for people who have trauma-related symptoms. Motivational interviewing is used when people are weighing change around substance use or other behaviors.

Leslie aims to help clients develop clear coping strategies and practical plans for everyday life. She talks through what is getting in the way, sets concrete steps, and checks progress over time. The work often includes managing panic symptoms, addressing impulsivity and anger, and rebuilding communication skills.

Her practice also looks at complex patterns such as codependency, dissociation, and blended family issues. People interested in starting are guided through a short matching questionnaire and scheduling process to arrange a first session.

How Leslie’s approaches translate to online work