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Leslie Burke, LCPC

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

License #18001181011 years of experienceAges 20+

I am a licensed clinical therapist with over 10 years of experience working in the mental health field and providing individual therapy. I have assisted clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, and changes in life. I also worked with individuals with substance use concerns as well as trauma history.

My counseling style is engaging and empathetic. I believe in meeting clients where they are at and working with them to develop goals for treatment. My approach is a combination of Cognitive Behavioral and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy as well as Client-Centered and Solution-focused therapies. I feel that it is important to both align with my clients and challenge them to take a look at unhelpful thought at behavior patterns that may be holding them back.

"Wherever there is a human in need, there is an opportunity for kindness and to make a difference" - Kevin Heath

I work with

Individuals

Accepted insurances

  • 6 Degrees
  • 90 Degree Benefits
  • Aegis LLC
  • Aetna/ First Health
  • Aetna
  • Aetna Affordable Health Choices/ Aetna Voluntary
  • Aetna EAP
  • Allstate Benefits (through Allied Benefit Systems)
  • American Continental (Aetna Senior Supplemental)
  • Assured Benefit Administrators
  • Boon-Chapman Administrators/ Wellnet Healthcare
  • Christian Brothers Services

I specialize in

  • Anger Management
  • Antisocial Personality
  • Anxiety
  • General Behavioral Issues
  • Bipolar
  • Borderline Personality
  • Work or Career Stress
  • Chronic or Terminal Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Divorce or Separation

Treatment approaches

  • Sex Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Person-Centered

Communities I work with

  • Perpetrators of Crime/Abuse/Sexual Offender
  • Body Positivity

Education

Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Northeastern Illinois UniversityGraduated 2015

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