Hi! I'm Leyla. It is nice to meet ya :) Do you ever ask yourself if it's depression or is it just late-stage capitalism? The pain inside of you is reflective of the collective chaos outside of you. Your feelings are valid. 🫂 If this resonates with you, look no further. Your anti-capitalist therapist is here. As a potential client, you should be aware of the lens I look through + the privileges I hold. I am white, cis-gender and queer. I am Autistic, ADHD and a survivor. I am the eldest daughter of an immigrant. I live in the colonized portion of Wabanaki territory now known as Mount Desert Island, Maine. My clients utilize therapy to zoom out on societal systems and structures and delve deep into their own psyches. Session time will be spent exploring your family system, attachment style and how systems of oppression such as ableism may have influenced your access to the support you have always deserved. The therapeutic bond we build is where the work starts. I serve as a warm witness as you begin the work of unlearning & healing. My approach to therapy is transpersonal, humanistic and deep. As our work together evolves, I will begin to recognize your patterns in relationship. My clients are Neurodivergent (undiagnosed/late diagnosed), queer, self-reflective, symbolic thinkers who are interested in understanding themselves and how their early childhood experiences shaped their relational patterns today. I work with "Talented & Gifted burn-out kids" who are ready to or have already begun to un-mask. My clients are highly intuitive. I work with recovering people-pleasers who question authority & are engaged in breaking cycles of generational trauma.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
The intake appointment should take about an hour. I will ask you questions to better understand how your mental distress has been manifesting. I will ask any questions I had from your intake form. Then I will spend time getting to know you, exploring your needs and preferences within therapy. I will invite you to share your long-term goal for yourself within therapy as we build your treatment plan together. I will support you in identifying smaller, more measurable steps you can take both within and between sessions to reach your goals. We will re-visit and update your treatment plan as needed. During the intake and throughout our therapeutic relationship, I will openly discuss my clinical impressions and recommendations with you. As your therapist, I will create space for you to go deeper. Whatever needs to present itself will. Therapy is a space for you and it will be what it needs to be. I am here to help you figure out what that is if you aren't sure yet. I will modify my therapeutic orientation to provide the container necessary to hold and empower you. It is my belief that most everyone would benefit from therapy. I enjoy working with Telehealth clients who are interested in their emotional progression and motivated to look inward and deepen their sense of connection with themselves, others and the natural world. I will meet you where you are at, no matter where that is. <3
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My clients describe me as calm, empowering, authentic, solution-focused + attuned. I am skilled at pattern recognition within the thinking and behavior of individuals + family systems. My special interest is in advocacy for de-pathologizing the human experience + shifting the Mental Health Paradigm from the Disease model to neurodiversity affirming care, language + support. I see my clients as the experts of their lives and provide space + compassionate inquiry to encourage introspection. My I love being present as my clients experience "aha" moments and un-learn narratives + habits they developed to keep them safe, but are no longer needed to protect them. I feel my lived experience makes me a bad ass therapist. You are not broken or disordered. Nothing is wrong with you. You just haven't been given the support you need to be ✨TRULY✨YOU✨
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
My clients are Neurodivergent (often undiagnosed/late diagnosed), queer, intelligent, self-reflective, symbolic thinkers who are interested in understanding themselves and how their early childhood experiences shaped their relational patterns today. I work with "Talented & Gifted burn-out kids" who finally feel safe to un-mask. My clients are highly intuitive, empathetic and sensitive, sometimes to a fault. I work with recovering people-pleasers who question authority and are engaged in breaking cycles of generational trauma.
About Leyla El-Baba
Specializes in
Licensed in
Accepts
Appointments
VirtualMy treatment methods
Transpersonal
Attachment-based
Brainspotting
Existential
Relational
On average, Golden Rule clients pay $0-$126
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