Leslie Bloch, LCSW-R currently specializes in building mental strength for distance runners as well as treating body dissatisfaction and eating disorders in women and men.
Long before becoming a therapist, Leslie became a runner (age 12). Leslie mostly runs in NYC enjoying local races as often as possible. She has completed 7 marathons, qualified for several Boston Marathons and is currently training for the 2025 NYC Marathon. She is particularly passionate about mental health for marathon runners and works with runners to build mental strength & agility alongside their physical training component of a marathon build.
She focused the first decade of her therapy career on treating eating disorders and body dissatisfaction based on clinical research data and evidence-based treatments. She constantly stays aligned with a Health at Every Size® (HAES®) approach. She strives to keep up-to-date on the most effective treatment modalities in the eating disorders field and to deliver these modalities with fidelity. Leslie is also certified to treat adolescents with eating disorders using Family Based Treatment (also known as FBT/Maudsley) by the Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders.
Leslie has also been intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with Behavioral Tech. Since 2011, she has facilitated DBT skills groups for individuals with eating disorders using the adapted form of DBT for eating disorders. She uses aspects of this modality to enhance eating disorder treatment as well as to teach mental flexibility and agility in runners.
Leslie is a graduate of New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. She completed her clinical internship at The Renfrew Center of New York where she worked in the Day Treatment and the Intensive Outpatient Programs. Prior to opening her private practice, Leslie worked for three years at Columbus Park Collaborative, a private outpatient eating disorder treatment center and Brooklyn Heights Behavioral Associates, a private outpatient standardized DBT practice.
