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The Women s Home is a multiethnic, nonprofit organization that serves women who have experienced homelessness because of mental illnesses, abuse and addiction. Founded in 1957, it operates a life learning center that offers various clinical, vocational and chemical dependency programs. The organization offers an 18-month residential program that focuses on building self-confidence to overcome mental illness. The Women s Home has a 26-bed dormitory that provides individual and group counseling, as well as weekly case management services. Its dormitory provides assistance with relapse prevention and recovery life skills to residents with substance abuse disorders. The organization s aftercare services focus on helping graduates to overcome job-retention challenges through vocational support groups. The Women s Home is located in Houston.

HistoryLeigha Ortego earned her Master's degree in Social Work at the University of Texas in 2010 and spent the following three and a half years working with families involved in the Texas foster care system. Leigha also spent time working as a counselor at an elementary school and has led therapy groups with children living in a shelter for domestic violence victims. Before deciding to practice independently, Leigha worked with a non-profit organization that provided preventative services to families with children who were at risk of being removed from their homes. She spent one year providing intensive in home therapy to families of youth with serious emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs and then spent another year working in the organization's residential treatment center for adolescent girls. This accumulation of experience has given Leigha a great understanding of the impact systems play in treatment and the importance of engaging clients in the therapeutic process.SpecialtiesChild & Adolescent Psychotherapy Parent Coaching Family Counseling Young Adult Psychotherapy Trauma Behavioral Concerns Mood Disorders Self Harm Anxiety Substance Abuse Eating Disorders Attachment Disorders Foster & Adoptive Families