Dr. Leslie Davis.

About Dr. Davis.

Dr. Leslie Davis is an accomplished relationship therapist, dedicated community mental health leader, and the 2024 Excellence in Mental Health – Community Mental Health Provider Awardee. As a counselor who works with couples and singles — mainly single moms — Dr. Davis focuses on equipping women and youth with tools to improve their relationships while coping with anxiety and depression.

Dr. Davis is also the founder of Hearts in Faith, an organization that provides services to single mothers, fathers, and at-risk youth. As a professed Black single mom in America, Davis created her podcast, SHE Matters with Dr. Leslie Davis. Her podcast empowers single moms around the world to develop healthy attachments with a goal of reducing depression and suicidal ideation.

Before starting her private practice, she served in St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s Perinatal Behavioral Health Program, where she was introduced to the Ollie Hinkle Foundation and provided therapy and emotional support for families of children diagnosed with significant heart conditions. She also worked as Staff Therapist, Program Lead at Washington University in St. Louis’ Department of Child Psychiatry.

Dr. Davis is a National Certified Counselor in Illinois and was honored as the Top Mental Health Counselor of the Year by the International Association of Top Professionals. She holds a BA in Sociology from Wheaton College and an MA in Professional Counseling from McKendree University. She also holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Counseling and Psychological Studies from Regent University. As a 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Blue Belt, she practices the gentle art as a form of therapy and self care.

In the words of the nominator.

“Dr. Leslie Davis has provided mental health care to over 700 children with childhood-onset heart disease and their families over the last three years through the Perinatal Behavioral Health Program at Washington University, funded by the Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation. Her unique perspective, lived experience, expertise in the field, and identities as a single mom, Black female, heart mom, and more, position her to connect, understand, and meet our community where they are to lift their voices by providing compassionate and timely mental health therapy.”