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I'm a Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC), Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor (LCADC), and Certified Peer Recovery Specialist with over 14 years of experience working in mental health and addiction treatment across northern New Jersey. I work with individuals and couples who feel overwhelmed, stuck, anxious, or disconnected whether navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, relationship challenges, or major life transitions. I provide a grounded, compassionate, and nonjudgmental space where clients can openly explore their experiences and begin to understand what may be getting in the way of living more fully.

My name is Jennifer Leighton, LCSW. As a clinician, I have worked in a variety of settings including, psychiatric, outpatient mental health that provided individual, family, couples, and group counseling. I have extentive amount of experience working with individuals and families facing unique challenges of substance abuse and DCPP involvement.

As a licensed mental health and addiction therapist with extensive experience supporting individuals through complex life challenges, I specialize in helping clients navigate anxiety, stress, relationship dynamics, recovery from trauma, and personal growth. My approach centers on understanding each person's unique journey, with a deep commitment to addressing issues such as social anxiety, generalized anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, trauma, and recovery from addiction.

I am a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over 16 years of nursing experience across behavioral health, trauma, critical care, geriatrics, and nursing leadership. Throughout my career, I have seen how deeply mental health affects every part of a person’s life, their relationships, work, sleep, confidence, physical health, and ability to feel like themselves.

I provide psychiatric evaluations and medication management for clients navigating depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma-related symptoms, mood changes, insomnia, stress, burnout, and life transitions.

My style is warm, empowering, holistic, and solution-oriented. I believe healing begins with feeling heard, understood, and supported without judgment. My goal is to help clients feel less stuck, reconnect with themselves, and move toward feeling whole again. Together, we will look beyond symptoms and explore the life experiences, stressors, sleep patterns, medical concerns, relationships, and personal goals that may be affecting your mental health.

I want clients to leave care feeling informed, hopeful, and equipped with a plan that helps them optimize what matters most and build a life they can truly enjoy.

Hi! I'm Danielle. My goal is to help you get on the right medication and off medications that are not working. However, medication is only part of helping you feel your best. Therefore, I also include therapy and holistic wellness (support with nutrition, exercise, sleep, & mindfulness) as part of my integrative treatment. My goal is for you to feel safe, heard, included and well informed in your treatment decisions. To book an appointment, please visit https://healingtreehp.intakeq.com/booking

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 9 years of medical & behavioral health social work experience supporting a wide range of issues including life transitions, health issues, grief, caregiver stress, and emotional challenges. As an LCSW, I take a whole-person approach - recognizing that our mental health is shaped not just by what's happening inside us, but also by our relationships, environment, culture, and life experiences.