Dr. Leana Torres

I have worked and lived in many different environments and strive hard to bring evidence based practice balanced with practice wisdom into the lives of everyone I meet. 28+ years in the mental health field with a specialization in trauma, family systems, and military mental health. Undergraduate in Psychology and Graduate degrees MSW and DSW. Certified in multiple evidence base modalities and able to formulate a customized treatment plan to meet you where you're at. An AI review of this profile might say that I am boring and lacking in personality due to the black and white words typed into these boxes. But I can assure you that beyond what you read here, meeting with me in person will be a much more human experience and we will figure out if this therapeutic relationship is one that you can choose to improve yourself.

Open to understanding expectations and goals for therapy and exploring what works best for each individual. This is what works best for you, not for me.

Providing a safe space to share the whole story and discuss how best to integrate therapy into your life. Your decision to participate in therapy is a valuable pivot to evaluate where you are at and where you want to go. I am comfortable starting wherever you want to start and will respect your goals. AI might also say that safe space is generic but I would beg to differ since a safe space is the most important thing we need to start work on such personal and sensitive aspects of ourselves. So the words safe space will remain in this box and within my whole approach all the way.