
Leo Battenhausen, MSW, LCADC
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Leo Battenhausen is a highly personable therapist with a genuine desire to help others. If you are serious about wanting to change things in your life and get "unstuck" from a troublesome situation you are in, you can rest assured that he can and will help you. Leo's background and experience has been very varied, and he has worked in many different settings offering a variety of services to clients. His offices are comfortable, private and designed with his clients in mind. Leo is a very down-to-earth person and will your make therapy comfortable, beneficial, meaningful and personal to your needs. He is now offering INTERVENTION SERVICES, "I.S." for families with loved ones afflicted with chronic addictions.
Leo employs a Humanistic approach, meaning all treatment and counseling is custom-tailored to his clients. No "psychobabble" or constant questions such as "Well how do you feel about that...?" Your past is very important, but not as important as your future.
Leo Battenhausen's sense of humor and ability to help you feel comfortable are unique. Leo's former and present clients would attest to that. Most clients come from word of mouth. To him, that is the highest compliment a therapist can receive.
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Posts by Leo Battenhausen, MSW, LCADC:
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How To Beat Your Post-Election Blues
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Can Any Good Come From Natural Disasters?
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Why Me?
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Growing Up With Ghosts (Part 2)
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Growing Up With Ghosts (Part 1)
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Time Is Of The Essence
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The “ABC’s of College Binge Drinking” (Alcohol Binge-Drinking Consequences)
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Is Your Teen At-Risk for Suicide?
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“SEXT” Time, You May Not Be So Lucky!
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“Loving” Like Cats and Dogs
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It’s Only Pot! What’s The Big Deal?
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This Makes Me So Mad, The Dangers Of Mismanaged Anger
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Obsessive Love Disorder: When You Can’t Say Goodbye

So we have a new President. Or, better stated, our President has been re-elected. Do we “congratulate,” or “co-miserate?” Many people don’t know, many people are very disappointed while many celebrate. [...]

The devastation of Superstorm Sandy is something residents of New Jersey and New York have never seen, nor do I hope we ever do again. The media pumped-up the anxiety, panic and stress levels of these residents to a [...]

“Rumination is less an art than a burden, yet we practice it all the time.” We’ve all done it…we have experienced something in our life that was so unpleasant, so frustrating, so angering, so unfair, so absolutely [...]

My uncle Dave and his wife Reiko lived next door to us beginning in 1971. I was 6 years old at the time. They would spend a lot of time over at our house from the early to the mid-1970s. These were great times with [...]

I grew up in a truly haunted house. The house was a huge Victorian home in Elizabeth, New Jersey complete with eight bedrooms, three full floors, beautiful real oak floors and wood-workings, twelve foot ceilings, a [...]

Classic Rock Band the “Guess Who” sang, “No time…no time…got got got got no time.” In the same song, they also warned “No time left to lose.” We also put much faith into “time healing all wounds.” [...]

There is BRAND NEW RESEARCH that “proves” college students who “Binge Drink” report being “happier” than those who don’t! HAPPIER??? Yes! This is what has been reported by Carolyn Hsu to Time.com! [...]

Are we paying enough attention to our children? It’s been said that “The best thing you can spend on your children is time,” and according to a recent study by Janice Wood (2012) in How to Recognize Teens at Risk [...]

IPhone 5 The “newest, best-ever, state-of-the-art” cell phone just came out. The I-Phone V. Does your teen want it? Have it? Beg you for it? My guess is yes! Seems like every month or so, the “newest [...]

It’s so so wonderful to see so many people on Facebook that love their dogs, cats, and animals! My observations over the years in mental health services, though not “scientific” by any means, prove [...]

Should we be in favor of a “greener world?” This has been the Battle Cry of “Stoners,” “Burn-Outs,” “Pot Heads” and all those who partake in the smoking of marijuana for ages! “It’s natural [...]

Many of us are quite skillful in the art of “Ruminating.” Well, that’s actually false. Rumination isn’t an art as much as it is a burden, yet, we practice it all of the time! Picture this, [...]

The Inability to Let-Go After a Break-Up There is a large amount of attention being paid to the area of moving-on after a break-up in the field of Psychology lately and for very good reason. Many people can’t. [...]