Leslie Holley is a Nationally Certified Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC, LPC, NCC (MD, DC, VA, MO) who earned her Masters in Community Counseling from DePaul University where she also taught masters level clinical counseling courses as an adjunct professor. Currently, she works with clients at her private practice, Healing-Circle, LLC in Silver Spring, MD, providing psychotherapy and coaching interventions. Leslie specializes in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), working with Black, Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC), has been extensively trained in trauma and is Reiki I Certified. Moreover, she completed her Masters thesis, with distinction, on the help seeking behaviors of African American men. Currently, Leslie serves as the Secretary-Elect for the Maryland Counseling Association.

Leslie Holley has over 15 years of public speaking experience and conducts mental health presentations nationally, both in-person and virtually. She has presented on mental health topics for the American Counseling Association, the Illinois Counseling Association, Northwestern University, DePaul University and the Maryland Counseling Association Multicultural Division, to name a few. Some of the many topics she presents on include therapy 101, how to start a private practice (3 part series), mental health during COVID-19, how to cope with grief, anger management, trauma in children and adolescents, how to manage a crisis, conflict resolution, bullying in the workplace, assertive training, and thriving in a multigenerational workforce.