About
- Client-centered listening
- CBT techniques
- Solution-focused goals
About Leslie
Leslie Wood is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas with 13 years of clinical work. She helps adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, and issues around intimacy and self-worth.
She has worked in community counseling centers, organizations focused on child abuse, and in private practice. That range of settings shows up in how she approaches sessions - practical and focused on daily life. Her background includes supporting people after sexual, physical, and emotional childhood abuse and working with those managing bipolar symptoms, addictions, and compassion fatigue.
Leslie blends several approaches to meet a person’s needs. She uses client-centered listening to understand a person’s experience. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify thought patterns and on solution-focused strategies to set concrete goals. She also applies trauma-focused methods when past events are driving current distress.
In sessions she works collaboratively to set goals and pick methods that make sense for the person. Expect discussion of family history and early memories when relevant, practical homework, and clear suggestions you can try between visits. She often uses short agreements or action plans to help translate insight into change.
Her practice aims to help people reduce symptoms and find more moments of satisfaction in daily life. People who want a direct, problem-solving style that still pays attention to personal history may find her approach useful.
How sessions work
Approach-driven online care and how it works
Leslie draws on client-centered therapy to listen to each person’s story and priorities. This approach focuses on the person’s perspective and builds a working relationship that guides goal-setting and next steps.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and shift behaviors. CBT is practical work that often includes short exercises and homework to change patterns that keep problems going.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Leslie will discuss options, try methods, and adjust plans based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences in a collaborative way.
The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a weekday break, reducing travel time, and making it easier to follow through with short check-ins between appointments. Confirm the current session formats before booking since this profile does not list explicit delivery methods. Many people find online sessions help maintain consistency and make it simpler to use the therapeutic tools they learn in everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, grief, and related issues such as anger, self-esteem, and addictions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral and solution-focused techniques to set goals and try concrete steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of experience working in community counseling centers, child-abuse organizations, and private practice.
What credential and location should I know about?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas.
Does she work with clients in other countries or languages?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not list explicit formats.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.