LeNae Powell
She/Her/Hers

LeNae is a social worker at Oak Grove Counseling offering  virtual sessions to meet clients where they’re most comfortable. Since moving to Delaware, LeNae's passion for community care has deepened. She arrived in Dover, Delaware in 2014 to pursue a bachelor's degree in Social Work, and in 2020,  graduated from Delaware State University with a master's degree in social work. As a lifelong learner, LeNae's strives daily to be a catalyst for positive change. With nearly six years of experience working in diverse settings, including congregant care, after-school programming, inpatient care, and alternative schools, LeNae has utilized a trauma-informed approach to support clients from varied backgrounds. 

 

LeNae prefers to utilize a strengths-based relational framework, and her ultimate goal as a clinician is to empower clients to overcome mental health barriers, enabling them to thrive and cope with daily life challenges. LeNae reminds us what Michelle Obama aptly stated, "becoming isn't about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self.'"  The journey indeed doesn't end.