Heidi De Leon,LCSW

08/30/2026

🧠 EMDR THERAPISTS — Looking for consultation and a space to strengthen your EMDR practice?

I’m currently offering individual and small-group EMDR consultation for clinicians who want support building confidence, strengthening case conceptualization, and navigating the complexities that come up when actually using EMDR with clients.

Consultation can include:

✨ Case conceptualization through the AIP model
✨ Target sequencing and treatment planning
✨ Working with blocking beliefs and stuck processing
✨ Cognitive interweaves
✨ Complex trauma and clinical challenges
✨ Strengthening fidelity to the 8-phase EMDR protocol
✨ Developing confidence in your clinical decision-making
✨ Support toward EMDRIA certification consultation hours, when applicable

👥 Group Consultation: $50/person
Maximum of 6 clinicians

👤 Individual Consultation: $100

📍 In person in Long Beach
1900 Ocean Blvd., 2nd Floor Conference Room

🗓️ 4th Saturday of each month | 1:00–2:30 PM

I am an EMDRIA Consultant in Training and work under the guidance of EMDRIA Approved Consultants.

One of my favorite parts of EMDR work is helping other clinicians move beyond simply knowing the protocol to understanding why we make the clinical decisions we make.

📩 [email protected]
📱 562-418-0686

L.A. CADA employees: consultation is FREE.

Space is intentionally limited to keep the group small, interactive, and clinically useful.

08/29/2026

🧠 EMDR THERAPISTS — Looking for consultation and a space to strengthen your EMDR practice?

I’m currently offering individual and small-group EMDR consultation for clinicians who want support building confidence, strengthening case conceptualization, and navigating the complexities that come up when actually using EMDR with clients.

Consultation can include:

✨ Case conceptualization through the AIP model
✨ Target sequencing and treatment planning
✨ Working with blocking beliefs and stuck processing
✨ Cognitive interweaves
✨ Complex trauma and clinical challenges
✨ Strengthening fidelity to the 8-phase EMDR protocol
✨ Developing confidence in your clinical decision-making
✨ Support toward EMDRIA certification consultation hours, when applicable

👥 Group Consultation: $50/person
Maximum of 6 clinicians

👤 Individual Consultation: $100

📍 In person in Long Beach
1900 Ocean Blvd., 2nd Floor Conference Room

🗓️ 4th Saturday of each month | 1:00–2:30 PM

I am an EMDRIA Consultant in Training and work under the guidance of EMDRIA Approved Consultants.

One of my favorite parts of EMDR work is helping other clinicians move beyond simply knowing the protocol to understanding why we make the clinical decisions we make.

📩 [email protected]
📱 562-418-0686

L.A. CADA employees: consultation is FREE.

Space is intentionally limited to keep the group small, interactive, and clinically useful.

07/22/2026

Third degree emotional pain is the equivalent to a third degree burn for your soul! Is complex trauma as a wound

07/10/2026

Connection before correction. 🤍

When a child is dysregulated, their behavior is communication—not manipulation.

Before we correct behavior, we have to create safety.

✨ Connection helps calm the nervous system.
✨ Feeling seen builds trust.
✨ Trust creates openness to learning.
✨ Then, correction can actually be heard.

This doesn’t mean there are no boundaries or accountability. It means we recognize that lasting change happens through relationship, not fear.

Whether you’re a parent, therapist, teacher, or caregiver, remember:

Connect first. Regulate together. Then teach.

Children don’t need perfect adults. They need adults who are willing to understand what is underneath the behavior.

💛 Because connection isn’t the reward for good behavior—it is the foundation that makes growth possible.

07/08/2026

I’m officially ready to welcome clients and consultation consultees in person!

My offices in Long Beach and Signal Hill are now open, and I’m accepting both cash-pay and insurance clients.

Services include:
• EMDR Therapy
• EMDR Consultation
• Individual Psychotherapy

Specializing in folks healing from narcissistic abuse and domestic violence as well as complex trauma.

Whether you’re beginning your healing journey or you’re an EMDR clinician looking for consultation, I’d love to connect.

To schedule an appointment or consultation, send me a message! I look forward to working with you in person!

Email [email protected] or call 562-481-0686

06/28/2026

04/28/2026

✨ EMDR Consultation Now Open ✨

Are you an EMDR-trained clinician looking for support, structure, and deeper clinical confidence in your work?

I’m offering EMDR consultation designed to help you:
✔ Strengthen case conceptualization using the AIP model
✔ Navigate stuck processing and complex trauma (CPTSD, addiction)
✔ Build confidence with cognitive interweaves and resourcing
✔ Move toward EMDRIA certification

👩‍⚕️ Heidi De Leon, LCSW (she/they)
📍 EMDRIA Consultant-in-Training
💻 Virtual consultation

💲 Rates:
• $100 Individual Consultation
• $50 Group Consultation

🗓 Group meets every other Sunday at 6:30pm PST

📧 [email protected]
📞 562-418-0686

04/20/2026

Think of the mind like a ship.
Each part has a role.

Some scan for danger.
Some hold pain.
Some keep things running.
Some protect at all costs.

✨ The goal isn’t to “get rid” of parts
✨ The goal is communication, cooperation, and safety

When parts begin to work with each other instead of against each other…
That’s when healing begins.

EMDR helps create:
✔ Safety between parts
✔ Processing of trauma memories
✔ Integration without losing identity

You don’t have to fight your system.
You can learn to understand it.

📩 [email protected]

❤️

04/17/2026

Mental Health Check-In 🧠✨

Not all struggles are visible — but there are tools that can help us better understand what’s going on beneath the surface.

Three commonly used screenings in mental health care:

• PCL-5 → Screens for symptoms of PTSD (trauma-related distress)
• GAD-7 → Measures levels of anxiety
• PHQ-9 → Assesses symptoms of depression

These aren’t diagnoses — they’re starting points. They help identify patterns, track progress, and guide meaningful conversations in therapy.

If you’ve been feeling:
– overwhelmed
– on edge
– disconnected
– exhausted
– or “not like yourself”

…it might be time to check in with yourself.

You don’t have to figure it out alone. Support is available, and healing is possible.

🧡

Created by Heidi De Leon, LCSW
📧 [email protected]

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04/16/2026