Specialties
Next Step Counseling, a local mental health therapy office focused on supporting individuals through challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Next Step Counseling works with all ages including youth, adolescents, adults, and the geriatric populations. Next Step Counseling specializes in Child-centered play therapy (CCPT). Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) is a form of therapy designed specifically for children, based on the belief that play is a child’s natural language and way of expressing thoughts, feelings, and experiences. In CCPT, the therapist provides a safe, accepting, and structured play environment where the child can freely express themselves through play. The therapist takes a non-directive role, meaning they do not guide or control the play but instead follow the child’s lead. Along with CCPT, Next Step Counseling provides services including Individual, Group, Couples, and Family therapy! Next Step Counseling currently practices in Rhode Island and Connecticut!
History
Established in 2020.
Next Step Counseling started as a telehealth mental health clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tina Leavitt, the owner and lead LICSW clinician, had a dream of opening her own private practice for over a decade. Through hard work and dedication, Tina has since opened 2 physical offices. These offices are located in Cranston, RI and Danielson, CT. Next Step Counseling now employs 10 clinicians and plans to keep expanding! Next Step Counseling also hosts multiple interns every semester in order to spread knowledge to the next generation of social workers and mental health therapists.
Meet the Manager: Josh L.
Hi! I am the office manager for the Danielson, CT and Cranston, RI locations. I am currently enrolled in the Master of Social Work program at the University of Central Florida (UCF) with an intended graduation year of 2027. I graduated with my Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 2022. I started working as the office manager for Next Step Counseling in 2023. My main roles at Next Step Counseling are intakes, referrals, billing, marketing, and client outreach. My mission as the office manager is to make sure that all clients are treated with respect, clinicians are supplied with the resources needed to succeed, and to promote a positive/ comforting environment within the offices. I look forward to meeting you in the future!