Dr. Leslie Peña-Sullivan, DSW, LCSW, holds a DSW and MSW from NYU Silver School of Social Work and a post-graduate certificate in Advanced Clinical Practice. Her work experience in the field has encompassed several positions involving assessing and treating trauma in children, adolescents, and adults. Leslie participated in a Clinical Social Work Fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic for Children.
She is bilingual (Spanish) and previously worked at the Mount Sinai World Trade Center Mental Health Program, providing evaluation, psychotherapeutic, and referral services for 9/11 first responders.
Recently, Leslie worked as a staff psychotherapist at the Larchmont Mamaroneck Community Counseling Center. In this capacity, she provided individual, family, and group counseling services to Southern Westchester County's Spanish-speaking community. In addition, she has been an adjunct lecturer at the NYU Silver School of Social Work. Her focus of practice is migration trauma among the undocumented Latinx community.
