Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Leslie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Leslie
Leslie Wood is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people manage anger, stress, anxiety, and trauma. She writes plainly and listens closely to identify what matters most to each person. Her style is collaborative and direct, aimed at practical change rather than long lists of theory.
Leslie pulls from 13 years of work in community counseling centers, organizations focused on child abuse, and independent practice. That mix gives her experience with depression, post-traumatic stress, various forms of childhood abuse, relationship and parenting concerns, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with addiction, career stress, grief, and self-esteem struggles. In sessions she uses ideas from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy. She pays attention to how early family life shapes choices and habits.
She also draws on trauma-focused and solution-focused approaches to help people move forward from painful events and build clear, short-term goals. Sessions often include talking through feelings and memories, practical homework, and small experiments to test new behaviors. Leslie may suggest written exercises, goal-setting contracts, or coping strategies tailored to daily life.
The aim is to increase insight and create steps clients can actually use between meetings. Her approach is collaborative: she helps people set goals and choose methods that fit their situation. She welcomes international clients and works in English when meeting by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging.
What Leslie works with
Everything Leslie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Leslie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
Approaches Leslie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches for anger, trauma, and change
Leslie commonly uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a trusting working relationship. That approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through difficult feelings and decisions.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT gives concrete tools and experiments to reduce anger, manage anxiety, or shift unhelpful patterns in everyday life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Leslie collaborates with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences. She will check in and adjust techniques as needed, combining listening, goal-setting, homework, and short-term plans to help people make measurable progress.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be lower-bandwidth and work well on busy days. Live chat and text allow quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options aim to increase flexibility and help people sustain steady work on anger, trauma, and other concerns.
Questions people ask about Leslie
What concerns does Leslie often address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, self-esteem, and career or life change issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions combine listening, goal-setting, homework, and steps you can try between meetings.
What kind of background does she bring?
Leslie has 13 years of experience in community counseling centers, child-abuse organizations, and independent practice supporting people with trauma and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Leslie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online work.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.