Leslie Boyle-Milroy, MS

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Hello! My name is Leslie Boyle-Milroy (she/her), and I am a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist in Minnesota. I specialize in burnout, relationship stress, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, and modern overwhelm. I integrate talk therapy with expressive arts, somatic/mindfulness, and nature-based approaches, and my goal is to help clients reconnect with themselves and others to create more balanced, sustainable ways of living. 

Many of my clients come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, disconnected from themselves, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve them. I work especially well with professionals, caregivers, creatives, and highly sensitive or high-responsibility individuals who feel depleted by the demands of work, relationships, caregiving, or living in today’s fast-paced, technology-saturated world. Together, we explore the beliefs, relationship dynamics, and survival strategies that may once have been protective, but now contribute to stress, burnout, perfectionism, over-functioning, conflict, or feeling “always on.” By helping clients reconnect with their values, needs, and creativity, I support them in feeling more grounded and engaged in their lives.

I work with individuals, couples, parents, co-parents, and families (Ages 9+), and I am LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC affirming. In my relational work, I help clients decrease conflict and increase clarity, collaboration, secure attachment, and emotional safety. Many couples and families today find themselves disconnected, overstimulated, and exhausted, leaving little time for meaningful connection. Together, we identify patterns that keep people stuck and practice new ways of relating that are meant to be lived out beyond the therapy space through communication, boundaries, shared rituals, and ongoing intentional connection in daily life.

My approach is relational, client-centered, and holistic. In addition to talk therapy, I integrate expressive arts, mindfulness, somatic and body-based practices, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT/tapping), and nature-based therapy, including walk-and-talk sessions in nearby Loring Park when appropriate. I believe healing often involves not only insight, but also reconnecting with the body, processing experiences that may never have been fully understood at the time, and creating space for new ways of living and relating.

As a Clinical Trainee with a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy. I’m trained in evidence-based models for relational therapy and working towards licensure under the supervision of Jessica Van Berkum MA, LMFT.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked in landscape architecture and urban design. These experiences deeply shaped my understanding of high-pressure work cultures and continue to shape my passion for helping people live more intentionally and sustainably in both their environments and relationships.

I offer in-person therapy, in Loring Park, Minneapolis and online therapy via telehealth.

Certifications & Trainings:

• Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist in Minnesota

• Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy through Adler Graduate School; Currently pursuing the Registered Expressive Arts Therapy (REAT) credential through IEATA

• Accredited Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner through EFT International

• Externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy

• Introduction to Sandtray Therapy; Advanced Sandtray Therapy Training

• High Conflict Relationships

• Masters in Counseling, Specializing in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling

Modalities

Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy, Gottman Couples Therapy, Relational Life Therapy, Discernment Counseling, Adlerian Psychology, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Nonviolent Communication, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Circle of Security, expressive arts, nature-based, somatic and mindfulness-based practices.