Attachment-based Therapists in Minneola, FL

Leslie Riccaboni is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is positive, calming, and understanding. She provides treatment in counseling for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults. Leslie specializes in children's trauma, co-parenting and family issues, women's health, and treats a wide variety of mental health and behavioral issues. I am here to help you find solutions, positive goal-focused outcomes, and healing by providing a safe environment and unique methods tailored to the individual and family system.

I am a bilingual Licensed Mental Health Counselor, who works from a relational and strength-based perspective; providing clients with a safe space for collaboration to identify strategies that help overcome difficulties that bring them to therapy. My focus is on working with children/families dealing with relational and developmental issues, as well as with trauma, anxiety, and behavioral difficulties. My experience and your knowledge about your child will allow us to successfully navigate difficult transitions, developmental challenges, as well as marked behavioral and/or emotional difficulties that your child might be presenting.

I am bilingual and I speak English and Spanish. I use EMDR, ART, RTM, MESE, and NLP modalities to decrease trauma, depression, anxiety, and crisis. I use Emotional Focus therapy to increase connection and intimacy in couples and families. If you are questioning your relationships, I can help get to a healthy goal. If you are in a strained relationship, like a separation or going through a divorce, we can work together to transition back into a healthy lifestyle or start one. I work with individuals with trauma in youth, sexual abuse, and or toxic relationships in building positive coping skills from PTSD, anxiety, and depression.

I am a Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) therapist. ART is an innovative and evidence-based psychotherapy approach designed to help individuals rapidly resolve and overcome the effects of trauma and distressing experiences in as quick as one session. One of the key features of ART is its ability to provide a swift resolution to traumatic memories without the need for individuals to relive or retell their stories. It is particularly appealing to those who may find traditional talk therapies challenging or time-consuming. ART can be used for a variety of problems such as PTSD, OCD, addictions, anxiety, depression, and grief.

If you've come across my profile, chances are that you're feeling called to tap into a different way of understanding yourself, your relationships, and your functioning in the world around you. Whether you have a history of trauma, are experiencing specific triggering events and dynamics, or are simply looking for an emotional tune-up, the opportunity to support your healing and growth is one I do not take lightly.

Are you constantly just trying to make it through the day? Hoping tomorrow will be better or less stressful? Whether this is for you, your teenager, or your child, I am here to help! I am here to walk alongside of you during this time and validate what you are feeling. I am a trauma informed counselor who works with kids, adolescents, and adults. I take a client-centered approach and focus on really getting to know the client's needs.

My ideal client is someone who is ready to do the work in therapy to recognize unhelpful patterns of behavior and thinking. They are someone who is interested in making a change, or exploring why they may behave, react, or feel a certain way.

As a Self-Proclaimed Misfits’ Therapist and LGBTQIA+ Ally, I understand the struggles of high anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression/suicidal ideation that come with living a life incongruent to one's true self. I prioritize authenticity, guiding individuals towards self-acceptance and self-expression. In my safe space, you can explore emotions, enhance self-identity, and ease spiraling thoughts. Many face these battles alone due to social anxiety, fear of judgment, or lack of support... Together, let's reduce depression, nurture self-compassion, and foster self-confidence.

Being a first responder to crisis and tragedies, you can only be the "strong one" for so long, before it begins to wear on ourselves and your personal relationships. You may be an attorney, a physician, part of law enforcement, or on the leadership team of your church. Who are YOU supposed to turn to? We work with many people in your same position, struggling with doing good for others, at the sake of your own family & self-care.

I conduct therapy with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages. I work with those who might be struggling with relationship patterns they want to understand, identity development, self-harm, histories of trauma, difficulties in work or at school, anxiety, depression, and all that comes with the stresses of today's complicated world.