About Leslie
Leslie Allen uses a client-centered approach first, then adds practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior strategies. She is Leslie Allen, LCPC, and she focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship concerns. Her style is direct and respectful, with attention to each persons values and goals.
She has 19 years of experience working with a wide range of life challenges. That background includes helping people with mood disorders, ADHD, addictions, grief, trauma, and chronic pain.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with low self-esteem, anger, sleeping problems, and intimacy-related issues. In sessions she combines short-term problem-solving with deeper exploration. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Dialectical skills and mindfulness practices help with emotional regulation and stress management. Leslie also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat across relationships and life choices. She pays particular attention to communication problems, commitment worries, and issues tied to abandonment or blended family dynamics.
She works with people navigating career questions and life transitions as well. All work is offered from her Maryland practice and is conducted in English. She describes herself as culturally responsive and nonjudgmental, aiming to create a space where people feel heard and respected.
To begin, readers should follow the sites process to match and schedule a visit according to therapist availability.
How Leslie's approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs so they feel heard and respected; it helps when someone wants a therapist who follows their pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical tools to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleeping problems, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and reducing impulsive actions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Leslie will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. The plan can shift as progress is made and priorities change, with the client involved in those choices.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available options when scheduling. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It can also let people use methods like worksheets, skill practices, and mindfulness exercises between sessions to continue progress outside appointments.
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What this counselor works with
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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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English