Leslie Hagedorn, LCSW

Leslie Hagedorn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Indiana who brings substantial training and direct-service experience to work with individuals and families. She approaches care with respect for the courage it takes to seek help and focuses on meeting people where they are, honoring each person’s decision to pursue growth and change.

Her professional background includes six years of post-graduate clinical work providing direct therapeutic services, three years of direct service prior to completing graduate school, and three years of supervised academic field experience within a Doctor of Clinical Psychology program, where training included intellectual and personality assessment. Graduate-level study also featured a concentration in substance use and co-occurring disorders.

Leslie has received training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Motivational Interviewing, Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and the Matrix Model for substance use disorders, and she has education related to dissociative pathology and the neuroscience of anxiety. Her clinical experience spans complex trauma, substance use and process addictions, co-occurring disorders, forensic populations, anxiety and mood disorders, personality and delusional disorders, and work with parents and adolescents.

She aims to combine knowledge, evidence-informed techniques, and lived clinical experience to support clients in identifying goals, developing practical coping strategies, and making the positive changes they seek.