Diane Leamy, PhD, LCSW
- 27 years of Experience
- United States
- Countryside, Illinois
Specialties: Anger Management, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, ADHD, Behavior Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Depression, Family Conflict, Grief, Interpersonal Relationships, Learning Disabilities, Life Transitions, OCD, Parenting, Stress, Suicidal Thoughts, Trauma / PTSD, Women's Issues, Workplace Stress
Specialties
Anger Management, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, ADHD, Behavior Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Depression, Family Conflict, Grief, Interpersonal Relationships, Learning Disabilities, Life Transitions, OCD, Parenting, Stress, Suicidal Thoughts, Trauma / PTSD, Women's Issues, Workplace Stress
Languages
English
Age Group Focus
Adolescents, Adults, Children, Seniors
Treatment Approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Art Therapy, Behavioral, Body Centered Psychotherapy, Case Management, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Contemplative, Crisis Intervention, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), Dialectical (DBT), Education Consultation, EMDR, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT Tapping), Evaluation/Diagnostic, Expressive Therapy, Feminist, Information and Referral, Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Long-Term, Meditation/Relaxation, Mindfulness Based Approaches, Narrative, Parent Guidance, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Play Therapy, Psycho-Educational, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic, Relational, Somatic
Issues
Aging, Asperger's, Autism, Developmental Disability, Dissociative Disorders, Education/Personal Development, Gender Identity, Immigration/Newcomer, Men's Issues, Neurological, Pain Management, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Psychosomatic, Selective Mutism, Self Abuse, Sensory Processing Disorder, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality Issues, Spirituality, Traumatic Brain Injury
State License
Illinois
About Diane Leamy
My practice is informed by a deep understanding of neurological development across the life span. Our brains are incredibly adaptive and are shaped by inheritance and life experience. Brain and body together generate mind, in spite of our cultural view of body and brain as separate. Therefore I do use strategies that incorporate physical movement along with mindfulness.
I practice a relational form of psychodynamic therapy. Our nervous systems constantly respond to the nervous system of another. It is in this dance that the greatest change happens, whether with children or adults.
Unfortunately it is ususally pain that opens us up to considering change. A chance to examine pain with an empathic other whether you are struggling to help your child, teenager or yourself can bring surprising growth and resilence.