Leslie Warren, LICSW

Leslie Warren is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing with a Person In Practice endorsement from the Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners. She emphasizes a warm, compassionate, and nonjudgmental approach and believes the therapeutic relationship should feel collaborative and empowering rather than prescriptive. Leslie encourages clients to focus on what they can influence in their lives and works to help them move past cycles of regret and paralysis by offering practical tools and encouragement.

She draws on a variety of clinical methods, including client-centered work, solution-focused techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, and psychodynamic ideas, tailoring interventions to each person’s needs and goals. Leslie has experience providing case management, individual therapy, and group therapy, and she regularly helps clients address general anxiety, situational depression, grief, and stress related to death, disability, and infertility.

Leslie’s background includes extensive social services experience prior to earning a Master of Social Work in 2014 and a Master of Rehabilitation Counseling in 2018 from the University of Alabama. She has worked in agency settings with preschool and school-age children, young adults, caregivers, disabled populations, and older adults, and she is skilled at helping clients connect with community and educational resources.

As someone who has experienced infertility herself, Leslie is especially committed to supporting individuals and couples through the emotional and practical challenges of the path to parenthood, offering both emotional support and education to help them navigate grief, anxiety, and uncertain expectations.