Leonard J. Smolinski, MS, P

Counselor, Alabama l
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Location

  • Company - Leonard J. Smolinski, MS, LPC
  • Ozark, AL, 36360

  • Contact Name - Leonard J. Smolinski, MS, P
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About

Leonard Smolinski is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice in Ozark, Alabama.  He has provided individual, family, and group psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults and geriatric patients in his practice for the last twenty-eight years. His mental health experience began in 1974 working as a soldier in the United States Army providing counseling to soldiers and their families as well as testing and evaluation services including neuropsychological testing. Working in this venue provided experience and understanding of severe trauma, depression, and anxiety. Training and exposure to drug and alcohol issues was also a part of this experience. Leonard Smolinski was also the Director of Mental Health Centers as well as inpatient and outpatient psychiatric units and clinics. Private practice has provided the opportutnity to also be a generalist for many problem areas.

Leonard Smolinski received his Bachelor's Degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which initially provided him a therapeutic orientation in Existential Phenomenological Psychology. He also received a three-year psychoanalytical supervision through the United States Army. He received a Master's Degree in Counseling and Human Development from Troy University and continues to provide an eclectic approach with not only short term strategies for problem resolution and training in cognitive therapies but also is extensively trained and experienced in dealing with anxiety disorders and chronic problems.

He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis as well as the American Counseling Association, American Mental Health Counselor's Association and National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. In addition to his professional licensure in Alabama and Florida, as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, he is also a nationally certified Substance Abuse Professional and Master Addictions Counselor.

Personal interests and hobbies include travel, fly fishing, wildlife photography and ballroom dancing.

Qualifications

  • Years in Practice: 27 Years
  • License No. and State: AL 706, FL MH 2306

Finances

  • Avg Cost (per session): ‎150.00
  • Sliding Scale: No
  • Accepts Insurance: Yes
  • Accepted Payment Methods: Cash and Check only

Age Groups

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders

Therapy Type

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Anger Management
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Art Therapy
  • Autogenic Training
  • Bibliotherapy
  • Biofeedback or Neurofeedback
  • Body Mind Psychotherapy
  • Breathwork
  • Clean Language, Symbolic Modeling, and Metaphor Therapy
  • Client Directed Outcome Informed Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
  • Coherence Therapy or Depth Oriented Brief Therapy
  • Collaborative Couple Therapy
  • Collaborative Therapy or Collaborative Language Systems
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
  • Conflict Resolution Therapy
  • Contemplative Psychotherapy
  • Core Process Psychotherapy
  • Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
  • Depth Hypnosis
  • Depth Therapy
  • Depth Oriented Brief Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
  • Dreamwork and Dream Analysis
  • Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
  • Emotion Focused Therapy
  • Emotional Transformation Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Existential Psychotherapy
  • Expressive Arts Therapy
  • Family Constellations
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Guided Therapeutic Imagery
  • Holistic Psychotherapy
  • Humanistic Psychology
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Integration of different therapy models
  • Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Journal Therapy
  • Jungian Psychotherapy
  • Logotherapy
  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
  • Motivational Enhancement Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Non Violent Communication
  • Object Relations
  • Parent Work
  • Parent Child Interaction Therapy
  • Person Centered or Rogerian
  • Play Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Positive Psychotherapy
  • Possibility Therapy
  • Process Oriented Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis or Modern Psychoanalysis
  • Psychodynamic
  • Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
  • Reality Therapy
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Relational Recovery
  • Relationship Enhancement Therapy
  • Self Acceptance Training
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Sport or Fitness Psychology
  • Systems Theory /Therapy
  • Transactional Analysis
  • Transpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Trauma Relief Unlimited

Issues

  • Abandonment
  • Abortion or Post Abortion Issues
  • Abuse or Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Academic Concerns
  • Addictions and Compulsions
  • Adjusting to Change or Life Transitions
  • Adoption or Reunion Issues
  • Aggression and Violence
  • Aging and Geriatric Issues
  • Agoraphobia
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Batterer Intervention
  • Bipolar
  • Blended Family Issues
  • Career Choice
  • Caregiver Issues or Stress
  • Child and/or Adolescent Issues
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency or Dependency
  • Communication Problems
  • Compulsive Spending / Shopping
  • Control Issues
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Disability
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce or Divorce Adjustment
  • Domestic Violence
  • Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Eating and Food Issues
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • Emptiness
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Family Problems
  • Fear
  • Fertility Issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Gambling Addiction
  • Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
  • Habits
  • Health or Illness or Medical Issues
  • Helplessness or Victimhood
  • Identity Issues
  • Inadequacy
  • Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity (ADHD)
  • Individuation
  • Infidelity or Affair Recovery
  • Irritability
  • Isolation
  • Jealousy
  • Learning Difficulties
  • LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Issues
  • Life Purpose or Meaning or Inner-Guidance
  • Men's Issues
  • Midlife Crisis or Midlife Transition
  • Mood Swings or Mood Disturbance
  • Multicultural Concerns
  • Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
  • Oppositional and Defiant Behavior in Children and Teen
  • Panic
  • Parenting
  • Phobias
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress or Trauma
  • Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Pregnancy and Birthing
  • Prejudice or Discrimination
  • Relationships and Marriage
  • Religious Issues
  • Self Care
  • Self Confidence
  • Self Criticism
  • Self Doubt
  • Self Esteem
  • Self Harm
  • Self Love
  • Sensitivity to Criticism
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexuality or Sex Therapy
  • Shame
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Social Anxiety or Phobia
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
  • Suspiciousness or Paranoia
  • Trust Issues
  • Values Clarification
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace Issues
  • Worry
  • Worthlessness
  • Cancer
  • Intellectual Disability
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Body Image
  • Internet Addiction
  • Schizophrenia
  • Young Adult Issues
  • Breakup
  • Bullying
  • Hoarding
  • Chronic Illness or Disability
  • Perfectionism
  • Polyamory or Nonmonogamous Relationships
  • Power
  • Psychosis
  • Rejection
  • Self Actualization
  • Self Compassion
  • Sex Addiction
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Somatization

Last Modified: 19 April 2017