About Leslie
Leslie Powers is a Licensed Professional Counselor from Alabama with over three decades of clinical experience. She brings a long history in counseling and addictions work to sessions and aims to create a straightforward, respectful space where people can address what matters most to them. Leslie trained in counseling and human development and holds a Master's degree from Troy University.
She also has a background in speech communication and school counseling, plus additional post-graduate study in counseling psychology and ministerial areas.
Background and approach
That mix shaped a practical, talk-focused style that leans on clear questions and goal-setting. Her usual approach uses cognitive methods and solution-focused techniques to identify doable next steps. Sessions often include short exercises, thought work, and homework designed to build skills between meetings.
Clients can expect curiosity, occasional humor, and collaborative planning rather than lengthy theory lectures. Leslie has worked across treatment centers, mental health clinics, schools, independent practice, and county human services. She has specific experience with addictions and with mood and anxiety concerns, and she is comfortable coordinating care with physicians when medication is part of treatment.
In therapy she treats stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and many behavior-related concerns. She also addresses workplace struggles, parenting stress, eating-related issues, and process addictions. Her goal is to help people move toward clear, manageable objectives in everyday life.
How Leslie's approaches translate to online work
Leslie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online sessions. CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors through practical exercises and short assignments. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes clear goals and steps you can try right away, keeping conversations geared toward what will make life better in small, measurable ways.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Leslie will ask about your priorities, past attempts, and daily routine and will suggest a plan based on your needs and preferences. She aims to adapt methods so they fit your life, checking in often to see what is working and what should change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which give real flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone can work well when bandwidth is limited, chat offers a quicker check-in, and messaging supports brief updates or journaling between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or busy routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English