About Leslie
Leslie Allen is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 19 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She approaches work in a respectful, person-centered way and focuses on understanding each person's values and lived experience. Leslie aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through problems and find practical steps forward.
Leslie uses several psychotherapy methods to meet different needs. She draws on client-centered techniques to prioritize the client's goals and perspective.
How Leslie works
Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness practices add tools for emotion regulation and staying present. Her background includes long experience with mood disorders, ADHD, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues related to intimacy and self-esteem.
She also supports people dealing with addiction, chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, and complicated family or blended-family dynamics. Career concerns, anger, sleep problems, and impulsivity are also common topics in sessions. Leslie brings steady support for practical life transitions, including separation and divorce, commitment questions, and navigating isolation or loneliness.
She also works on communication problems, forgiveness, abandonment wounds, and co-occurring conditions. Her practice emphasizes collaboration: clients set goals and choose which strategies to try. Sessions are offered in English and take place with Leslie in Maryland.
Her credential is LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maryland.
Leslie lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Leslie works with
The areas below are the ones Leslie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
How Leslie Uses Therapeutic Approaches Online
Leslie commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to address worries, low mood, relationship conflict, and thought patterns that get in the way of daily life. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building goals chosen by the person in session. CBT involves clear steps to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to test what helps.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness practices to help with strong emotions, impulsivity, and staying grounded. DBT skills include practical emotion regulation and distress-tolerance techniques, while mindfulness offers simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend methods to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is working and what feels manageable.
If you want to pursue online therapy with Leslie, please confirm the session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and worksheets to work well in remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.
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