Marquetta McCleod is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist with the commitment to promoting individual and collective growth, emphasizing helping people become self-aware, heal from childhood trauma, and develop the best version of themselves. Many of her clients come in stuck, lacking the know how to move forward, and facing critical transitional phases of life. Other clients are in crisis, anxious about their futures, and unsure about how to let go of their past. Ms. McCleod’s cultural sensitivity and compassionate responsiveness to the client’s current state (depression, anxiety, crisis, and traumas) allows clients to move forward, address their barriers, triggers, and develop meaningful relationships with their selves and others.

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Ms. McCleod therapeutic approach includes trauma-informed, culturally responsive, solution-focused, cognitive behavioral therapies. She works with clients, meeting them where they are and helping them to understand how their thoughts, feelings and behaviors are interconnected. She compassionately and gently works with clients to explore root causes of their symptoms, gaining an understanding of their emotional and relational patterns. In conjunction with this, she provides practical methods of coping by utilizing relaxation techniques and de-escalation strategies.

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