About Leslie
Leslie Burley is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, relationship strain, and family concerns. She draws on long experience in schools and community settings to offer calm, practical support for everyday struggles. Leslie keeps sessions straightforward and focused.
She listens first, then works with each person to set clear goals. She uses short-term strategies when they fit, and gentler exploration when people need more time to heal.
Background and approach
Her background includes many years in education and school counseling before moving into clinical counseling. That work gave her hands-on experience with grief, crisis response, and developmental concerns across ages. The history in classrooms and counseling offices shaped a practical style that values clear communication and steady support.
Leslie uses a mix of approaches that match a person’s needs. She draws on client-centered principles to build trust, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and motivational methods to support change. Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas are used when clients want tools for calm and concrete steps forward.
Sessions move at a pace the client sets. Leslie discusses treatment plans and checks in on progress so goals stay relevant. Her work aims to reduce overwhelming moments and help people find clearer paths through life’s pressures.
How Leslie’s methods work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting connection, which helps people feel heard and understood before moving to problem solving. This approach is useful for stress, grief, and relationship concerns where being listened to matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, panic, depression, and workplace stress where concrete tools and exercises help reduce symptoms.
Mindfulness Therapy offers simple breath and attention practices to reduce reactivity and bring more calm to the day. Those techniques can be added to other work when clients want brief, usable ways to manage panic or rumination.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Leslie will discuss options and adjust methods based on a person’s goals, preferences, and how they respond in early sessions. She aims to match tools to real-life needs rather than sticking to one method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone works well for lower bandwidth or when being on camera isn’t needed, live chat fits quick check-ins, and messaging allows short updates or ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, school, and family schedules.
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What this counselor works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English