Sophia Leon, M.A.

Sophia Leon, M.A.

PSYCHOLOGY DOCTORAL PRACTICUM STUDENT

Sophia currently has a Masters degree in clinical psychology and is a current clinician-in-training, working toward her doctorate in clinical psychology at Xavier University. She is driven to work collaboratively with teens and families, providing a steadfast therapeutic approach and commitment to engage with warmth, hope, and effective, evidence-based interventions.

Sophia has been dedicated to reduce suffering and promote self-compassion in others since her undergraduate career where she was a volunteer phone counselor for the National Suicide Hotline. Sophia brings this foundation in crisis intervention to provide her clients with safety and connection even in their darkest and scariest moments. Along her professional journey exploring a variety of evidence-based approaches, Sophia received clinical training and hands-on experience from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) experts as a postbaccalaureate clinical fellow at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School for two years. Sophia was struck by the healing powers of DBT and its emphasis on teachable and personalizable skills, now aspiring to help her clients accept themselves just as they are, while also helping them change.

Sophia has prior clinical experience working along the continuum of mental health care, including inpatient, residential, and outpatient settings and specializes in using DBT and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) interventions to support teens, young adults, and parents/caregivers who experience difficulties with emotion regulation (e.g., depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, self-harm, interpersonal conflict, and identity-related concerns.)