Haws Leslie, MA, MFT, CSAT

Specialties

Leslie Haws, MFT, CSAT (Certified Sex Addiction Therapist) specializing in EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Addiction and Trauma Recovery, Depression/​Anxiety/​Grief, and Loss.

Individual, Couples, Adolescents, and Children

History

Established in 1983.

Leslie Haws, M.A., MFT, CSAT, has been a mental health advocate in the mental health profession for over 30 years. Over the past 17 years of direct clinical work with clients, Leslie has sought on-​going specialized training in new and advanced therapeutic models: EMDR, ACT (Affect Centered Therapy), Trauma and Attachment; Mindfullness and the brain; Sand Play Therapy; Jungian/​Depth Psychology; Geriatric and Griefand Grief Counseling as well as trauma and addiction recovery. Since 2002 she has been treating individuals and couples in recovery for sex and pornography addiction. She is a certified sexual addiction therapist (CSAT) trained by Patrick Carnes (IITAP) and is currently training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT). Since 2005 she has been the Executive Director of LifeSTAR Sacramento Counseling Agency and since 1998 treated clients in her private practice, New Bridge Counseling Services.