Our Roots
Meet Leslie
Leslie Theriot Herhold, MSW, LICSW-S, PMH-C, PIP is the founder of The Nest Therapy Group LLC and Bayou Roots Therapy Collective LLC. Originally from New Iberia, she graduated with a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Louisiana State University in 2006. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker- Supervisor with nearly 20 years of experience in reproductive and maternal mental health, including over a decade of experience in the hospital setting as a social worker for women’s and children’s services. She has received extensive training in Maternal Mental Health through Postpartum Support International and Karen Kleiman’s Postpartum Stress Center in Philadelphia, PA, and holds a certification in Perinatal Mental Health. She has been in clinical private practice since 2018, and now runs a large clinical group practice with 2 locations in Baldwin County, Alabama.
She is licensed to practice independent/clinical social work in both Louisiana (#9349) and Alabama (#4348C), as well as in Florida as an out of state telehealth provider.