Leslie Hagedorn , LCSW

Leslie Hagedorn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana with ten years of clinical experience. She offers compassionate, practical help for people facing substance use, mood challenges, anxiety, and relationship or parenting stress. Leslie speaks plainly and focuses on realistic steps people can use between sessions.

Leslie draws on years of work with trauma, co-occurring disorders, and addiction. She has experience with complex trauma, process addictions, and forensic populations. That background informs how she notices patterns and helps people make safer choices in daily life.

Her approach blends talking, skills practice, and goal-focused planning. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thoughts, building coping routines, and practicing communication strategies. She also uses trauma-focused methods when past events are getting in the way of present life.

People who come to Leslie often want help with anxiety, depression, bipolar mood swings, ADHD-related challenges, or parenting strain. She also supports those dealing with anger, shame, relationship problems, and life transitions. Her work includes coaching around career and life purpose when people feel stuck.

Leslie values collaboration and clear expectations. She helps each person set practical goals and choose techniques that fit their pace. The aim is steady, manageable change that a person can carry back into daily routines.

Approaches that guide online work

Leslie uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a trusting, nonjudgmental space where people set the agenda and identify what matters most to them. This approach helps when someone needs validation and steady support while working through change.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on method that looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and patterns that keep people stuck because it teaches concrete tools to test and change unhelpful thinking.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Leslie will listen to goals and try methods that fit a person’s needs and preferences. She adjusts strategies over time and checks in about what is helping and what should change.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options give flexibility for different days and needs, and Leslie will help decide which format suits a person’s goals and routine.