Alex Leslie Email & Phone Number

Email: alex@understorycounselling.comPsychology Today profile: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists/alex-leslie-richmond-bc/816095I am a registered clinical social worker and clinical counsellor (RCSW, MSW) with over ten years of experience working with marginalized people who struggle with mental health. In 2021 I created Understory Counselling, a solo practice therapy clinic that prioritizes serving Queer folks, neurodivergent people and people experiencing severe anxiety, ages 15 up.My experience includes street outreach with hard-to-house youth, individual therapy in community and hospital outpatient clinics, group facilitation, and case management with an emergency department psychiatry team. Prior to completing my MSW, I worked in community art-based mental health programs. My clinical interests include narrative approaches and ways of helping youth to safely process post-traumatic stress. My framework builds on anti-oppressive, person-in-environment and power-sharing understandings. I have completed trainings in Narrative Therapy, DBT, trauma-informed CBT, and cultural safety and humility in clinical practice. I am also a published author of two books of short fiction and two books of poetry (writing website: alexlesliewriting.ca).

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  The University Of British Columbia

  Clinical/Medical Social Work