About Leslie
Leslie Santure is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She brings six years of experience to sessions and aims to create a relaxed, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what feels hard right now. Leslie draws on straightforward methods like cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused approaches.
She helps clients spot unhelpful thinking patterns and build small, practical skills to cope with strong emotions.
Background and approach
Sessions move at the client’s pace and focus on what will feel useful day to day. Her background includes crisis team work where she supported people facing trauma, abuse, and unstable situations. That role shaped how she responds to urgent emotional needs and safety concerns.
Earlier work as a case manager for children with disabilities added experience in coordination and problem solving. Leslie centers empathy and positive regard in her work and pays attention to how identity and culture show up in therapy.
She works respectfully with people of diverse races and sexual orientations and aims to make cultural differences a part of the conversation, not an obstacle. Based in Louisiana, Leslie uses a collaborative style. She invites clients to set goals, try practical tools, and adjust strategies if something isn’t working.
The focus is on helping people build coping skills and feel more steady through life changes.
How Leslie's Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers empathy, and helps people reflect on their values and choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and depression. Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the effects of trauma by helping people process difficult memories and learn coping strategies for triggers and distress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Leslie will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they try methods, check progress, and adjust the plan so it fits the person's needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to schedule around work, family, and life changes.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English