Tremaine N. Leslie, PhD., LPC, NCC

Tremaine N. Leslie, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, ACS, is an Associate Professor and core faculty member at the National Louis University in Tampa, Florida. She is a CACREP site visitor and also serves as the Chapter Faculty Advisor (CFA) for the Chi Sigma Iota (Nu Lambda Upsilon) counseling honor society. Her counselor identity is supported by professional memberships with the American Counseling Association (ACA) and several divisions, such as the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), the Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC), and the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD). She also holds membership with the International Association of Counseling (IAC). Dr. Leslie is also a member of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Interdisciplinary Training Advisory Committee, which plays a key role in selecting and mentoring new fellows and advising the IMFP office regarding policy and program issues.

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and is very passionate about making mental health care accessible, especially in minoritized communities where disparate hardships intersect. She is experienced in teaching, supervising master’s level interns, engaging in clinical mental health counseling, and mentoring new and emerging professionals. She is student-focused in her pedagogical skills, employing constructivist and experiential learning approaches to deliver her content. She takes into consideration the diverse learners' learning styles, ensuring that the subject matter is presented in ways that incorporate their lived experiences. Multiculturalism underpins Dr. Leslie’s work, as she subscribes to the notion that all human interactions are multicultural interchanges. 

• Ph.D. Counselor Education & Supervision (CACREP accredited) University of Arkansas
• M.S. Human Sciences (Mental Health Counseling Concentration) Prairie View A&M University
• M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction – (Special Ed. Concentration) Prairie View A&M University
• B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies - (Early Childhood Ed. Concentration) Prairie View A&M University

• HSC510: Theories of Counseling
• HSC524 Intro to Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• HSC581: Counseling Internship I

• Multicultural Responsiveness
• Social Justice
• Tele-mental Health counseling
• Counseling Supervision
• African & African American Studies
• Group Facilitation
• Expressive Arts
• Child-centered Play Therapy

Publications

Perryman, K., Hoiun, C., Leslie, T. N., & Finley. S. (2020). Using sandtray as a creative supervision tool. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2020.1754988

Leslie, L., Vairez Jr. M. R. & Leslie, T.N. (2015). Validation of an instrument to measure students' perception of quality service at a Historical Black College and University (HBCU). The Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA), 30-38. http://ahea.org/conferences/2015-conference/ahea-conference-2015-proceedings/

 Leslie, L. & Leslie, T. N. (Submitted, September 2020). Establishing Reliability of the Leadership Capacity Questionnaire (LCQ) Part III. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning.

Presentations

Leslie, T. N. (2019, April). The impact of mental Illness on Family Members of Incarcerated African American Care-givers: A phenomenological study. African and African American Studies (AAST) Graduate Fellows Research Symposium. University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, AR.

Leslie, T. N. (2019, April). Mental Illness: The unspoken lived experiences of family members of Incarcerated African American Males. Southeastern Council on Family Relations Conference (SECFR). Bentonville, AR.

Leslie, T. N., Perryman, K., Hoiun, C., Trippe, J., & Finley. S. (2018, October). Playful Supervision: Counseling Interns Decrypting Professional Experiences in the Sand Tray. Annual APT International Conference. Phoenix, AZ.

Hoiun, C., Finley. S., Massengale, B., Conroy, J., & Leslie, T. N. (2018, October). Impact of Expressive Arts Techniques on Play Therapy Students’ Self-Awareness: A Phenomenological Study. Annual APT International Conference. Phoenix, AZ.

Leslie, T. N. & Valandra. (2018, September). Using the Minority Stress Model as an Integrative framework for Understanding the Impact of Intersectionality on the Lived Experiences of Queer Women of Color. The Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) Conference, Portland, OR.

Valandra & Leslie, T. N. (2018, September), Using a Multi-systems Life Course Framework and Cultural Genograms to Promote Multicultural Counseling Environments with Black LGBTQ+ Clients. The Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) Conference, Portland, OR.

Leslie, T. N. (2018, September) An Investigation into the Impact of Mental Illness on Family Members of African American Males. Black Mental Health Symposium. Charlotte, NC.

Leslie, T. N. (2018, April) An Investigation into the Impact of Mental Illness on Family Members of African American Males. College Council Research Roundtable Presentation. COEHP, University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, AR.

Leslie, T. N. (2017, September). Black Children and Eurocentric Education: The Necessity of Cultural Competence. Black Cultural Conference. Albuquerque, NM.

Leslie, T. N. (2010, July). Using storytelling as a technique to develop oral language skills in kindergarteners.  Prairie View A&M University College of Education Symposium. Prairie View, TX.

Email: tleslie1@nl.edu