Get to Know Us
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 over 15 years. Leslie has studied complementary and alternative medicine for the past 7 years and uses holistic principles to help her clients discover the root cause of their problems. She specializes in grief, end of life issues, spirituality, brain injury and neurological conditions, coping with cancer and autoimmune disorders, caregiver distress, chronic pain management, nutrition, PTSD, and the impact of trauma on physical health. Having numerous first responders in her family, she enjoys using somatic approaches to help first responders, Veterans, and active duty military. She is also a pet loss grief counseling trained professional who has a special interest in helping first responders and military members who work with canines. 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 problems. Leslie strives to help her clients discover their core values, while respecting each client’s unique spiritual beliefs and practices. She has studied a wide variety of religious, spiritual, and cultural practices.
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, bird watching and fishing at her lake house, swimming, cooking healthy meals, 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 pet mom to four lovable pit bulls and one cat.
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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 in social science undergraduate studies- Louisiana State University in Shreveport
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BS in Biology- Louisiana Tech University
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 12 years of experience working with geriatrics and adults, and 3 years experience working with adolescents. She graduated from Louisiana Tech University 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 her clients' ability to cope with distress and uncomfortable emotions. She was trained in DBT by The Linehan Institute, Dialectal Behavior Therapy Foundational Training, November 2016. Samantha is one of a few DBT certified therapists in the state of Louisiana. 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 her clients 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 emotions instead of reacting to the unwanted emotions.
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 degrees in psychology and English are 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 the VA, inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment programs, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs, private practice, and a university in Trinidad & Tobago.
Priscilla takes a culturally sensitive approach. She believes that each person she works with is an expert on themselves, and she 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
Norma J Carter, LMT
Norma (Jeannie) has been a licensed massage therapist for over 12 years. She also holds a first degree black belt in jiu-jitsu and teaches jiu-jitsu in her spare time. She is a certified Dolphin MPS provider.
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 help her clients 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
Quinn Strong
Quinn is a Certified Trauma Informed Yoga Practitioner, Somatic Coach, CYT 500, and CIAYT Yoga Therapist- in training. She has worked at inpatient facilities providing yoga therapy and works with individual clients and groups. Quinn enjoys working with Veterans, military, and first responders by using specific yoga modalities to reduce the stress response.
Location
Life Journey Wellness is conveniently located in 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
