Leonard Marino

I am both a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and have been consumer of mental health services who understands how important collaboration and understanding is when two people work together. I have a love of therapeutic skills but am also huge on community inclusion and encourage everyone to use natural supports outside of the relationship we will be building together. Every new person I meet is a learning opportunity for me as well - as I treat everyone as the expert in their own lives.

My main goal is to first and foremost provide you with a relationship that will offer new perspectives that you otherwise would not have access to. I typically start by working with you to identify your values so we can both decide what direction therapy can take. I will be learning about you but also striving to challenge you. There will be as many moments that I am open to hearing your story as there will be me asking you to practice some skills and taking active steps towards your happiness.

Our first few sessions will be focused around information gathering and building a relationship. A typical session would include a follow up of any discussion we had in our previous session and steps that were expected to be taken. Afterwards, I will ask us to collaboratively choose a focus for our session - eventually moving toward identifying specific steps you can take to navigate the concern that is in line with your goals and values.