Leslie Bloch (she/her)

Leslie Bloch, LCSW-R has focused her therapy career on treating eating disorders based on clinical research data and using a Health at Every Size® (HAES®) approach. She strives to keep up-to-date on the most effective treatment modalities in the eating disorders field and to deliver these modalities with fidelity.

Leslie uses Christopher Fairburn’s Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E) to treat most adults with eating disorders. In 2015 she completed the first CBT-E training made available by Professor Fairburn and Professor Zafra Cooper of the Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford.

Leslie has also been a lifelong student and practitioner of mindfulness based strategies to manage anxiety and uses them in her work with clients. She particularly enjoys working with individuals struggling with stress and anxiety that limit life satisfaction.

Leslie is a graduate of New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. She completed her clinical internship at The Renfrew Center of New York where she worked in the Day Treatment and the Intensive Outpatient Programs. Prior to opening her private practice, Leslie worked for three years at Columbus Park Collaborative, a private outpatient eating disorder treatment center and Brooklyn Heights Behavioral Associates, a private outpatient standardized DBT practice.

Before graduate school Leslie studied at and worked as the Education Director for the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She also spent time working as a LEED sustainability consultant for companies and the green building industry.