Get to Know Us
The clinicians at Life Journey Wellness have served in a variety of settings: inpatient, outpatient, VA, community mental health, academic institutions, and private practice. We serve children ages 6-17, adults, and geriatric clients. We offer individual, group, and family counseling. Each therapist brings unique skills and life experiences to help ensure that your individual needs are met.
Leslie Boyett, LPC
Owner/CEO, Life Journey Wellness
David Boyett, Office Administration and Co-Owner, Life Journey Wellness
David assists with the day to day operations of Life Journey Wellness. David's professional background includes work in the telecommunications industry and in business management.
Leslie Boyett is the founder of Life Journey Wellness. Leslie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and has been practicing counseling for 15 years. Leslie has studied complementary and alternative medicine for the past 6 years and uses holistic principles to help her clients discover the root cause of their problems. She specializes in grief, life change, spirituality, brain injury/neurological conditions, coping with cancer and autoimmune disorders, end of life issues, caregiver distress, chronic pain management, nutrition, PTSD, and the impact of trauma on physical health. She is also a pet loss grief counseling trained professional. She works from a holistic model, as her treatment philosophy encompasses a variety of practices to care for the whole person. Leslie uses polyvagal, somatic, attachment-based, and DBT approaches to help her clients learn to cope with emotional distress and stress-related physical symptoms. Leslie is a trauma-informed professional who has studied emerging and alternative treatments for trauma and complex PTSD. She is skilled in diagnosis and assessment, helping clients identify the root cause of their probems. Leslie strives to help her clients discover their core values in order to live a more fulfilled life, while respecting each client’s unique spiritual beliefs and practices. She has studied a wide variety of religious, spiritual, and cultural practices. She focuses on helping her clients discover the innate healing abilities within themselves.
Leslie opened Life Journey Wellness in April 2020, shortly after the COVID pandemic began. Prior to that, she spent a decade practicing in a hospital setting with adult and geriatric patients. She supervised a team of clinicians at an outpatient mental health clinic and has been a preceptor for graduate students at Louisiana Tech and McNeese State University. She provides consulting to other mental health professionals.
Leslie loves animals, nature, cooking, and reading. She has been married to her childhood sweetheart, David, for over 20 years. She is a mom to two adult sons and is a dog mom to four lovable pit bulls.
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Masters in Industrial Organizational Psychology- Louisiana Tech University, 2011
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Masters in Counseling and Guidance- Louisiana Tech University, 2009
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School Counseling Certifcation, 2009
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BGS with biology and social science undergraduate studies- Louisiana Tech University & Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Jill May, LPC
Jill is a licensed professional counselor (LPC), with 17 years of experience working with both geriatrics and adolescents. Her specialty areas are treating depression and anxiety, problematic behaviors of adolescents, and addressing dysfunctional issues in relationships. She also helps parents learn healthy strategies for parenting.
Jill provides brain spotting for trauma and PTSD. Jill uses a CBT approach by challenging dysfunctional thoughts; an REBT approach to educate on topics of focus; and a Solution-Focused approach to reflect on the past in order to improve problem-solving skills. Jill believes lasting changes take place when the body, mind, and spiritual aspects are in balance. Jill can provide Christian counseling upon request but respects each client's spiritual beliefs.
Over the past decade, Jill worked for four years as a Cognitive therapist (certified in PACE) at Allen Learning Co, primarily working with children struggling with ADHD and dyslexia using Cognitive therapy techniques to improve working memory and processing speed. She has worked part-time at an outpatient clinic where she led both groups and individual sessions with geriatric clients. Since 2015, Jill has led both groups and individual sessions with adolescents at the LA Methodist Children’s Home. Her groups centered around teaching coping skills for stress and anger, as well as, teaching communication skills. Since 2017, Jill has worked in the Franklin Parish school system as a contract therapist. She sees students for individual sessions in the schools, and she teaches a coping skills class to at risk students.
Jill is accepting new clients ages 10 and up for teletherapy sessions.
Masters in General Counseling and School Counseling, Louisiana Tech University, 2007
BS in Psychology, Louisiana Tech University, 2005
Samantha Strange, LPC, C-DBT
Samantha is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT) clinician with 11 years experience working with geriatrics, adults, and 3 years experience working with adolescents. She graduated from Louisiana Tech in 2013 with a Masters of Arts in Counseling and Guidance.
Her specialty areas are treating depression and anxiety, suicidal thoughts, self-harming behaviors, Borderline Personality Disorder, difficulty adjusting to life issues, and mood dysregulation. Samantha uses DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) to increase the client’s ability to cope with distress and uncomfortable emotions. She was trained in DBT by The Linehan Institute, Dialectal Behavior Therapy Foundational Training, November 2016. She has been leading DBT groups since December 2017. Other approaches used are ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to help clients move toward their values in everyday living and learn to thrive in life. CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) is used to increase the client’s understanding of dysfunctional thoughts and learn how to restructure those thoughts. Mindfulness approach is used to help the client practice being present in a non-judgmental way. She has been trained in TARGET (Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy) by Advanced Trauma Solutions to help clients learn about anxiety and ways to effectively cope with emotion instead of reacting to the unwanted emotion.
Samantha is available for in office appointments or teletherapy.
Masters of Arts in Counseling and Guidance, Louisiana Tech University, 2013
Priscilla Broussard, LCSW
Priscilla’s bachelor’s degree in psychology and English is from Tulane University. After traveling around the world for several years and deciding not to go to law school, she earned a master’s degree in social work and a certificate in substance abuse studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Priscilla provides EMDR therapy for PTSD and trauma.
She has been in the helping profession for over 20 years and has practiced in a variety of settings including a VA Medical Center, inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment programs, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs, private practice, and a university in Trinidad & Tobago.
She is skilled in working with individuals and groups. Priscilla believes that each person she works with is an expert on themselves, and enjoys assisting people in their healing from religious trauma, grief, culture shock, adjustment, and other life challenges.
Priscilla is accepting new clients 18 and older for teletherapy sessions.
Masters in Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008
Certificate in Substance Abuse Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008
Laura Brock, LPC
Laura is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and school counselor at a local elementary school. She works with our practice to help children, adolescents, and teens outside of the school setting. She also works with adult clients and couples. Laura has experience working in a community mental health center and an inpatient facility.
Her bubbly personality and sense of humor enhance her ability to help her clients process tough emotional challenges in a non-threating environment. Laura teaches her clients DBT skills and mindfulness to help improve coping. She also uses CBT to challenge unhelpful thought patterns. Her energetic demeanor helps to engage her clients while instilling hope and maintaining interest in the counseling process.
Laura is available for in office appointments or teletherapy for children 6 and older and adults.
Masters in Counseling, Lousiana State University in Shreveport, 2010
Certified School Counselor
Location
Life Journey Wellness is conveniently located in North Bossier City, LA close to I-220 and off Benton Road.
1000 Chinaberry Drive, Ste 1001
Bossier City, LA 71111
Ph (318) 667-6002 Fax (318) 532-4910
