About Leslie
Leslie Rice uses a mix of practical therapies to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in North Carolina with 20 years of experience. Leslie focuses on building clear goals and simple tools clients can use between sessions.
Her work often addresses relationship and family struggles, grief, parenting strain, and issues tied to identity such as LGBT and gender dysphoria concerns.
Background and approach
She also supports people coping with trauma, addiction, anger, self-esteem problems, and attentional differences like ADHD. Sessions are tailored to the person’s situation and preferences. Leslie draws on approaches that emphasize values, practical thinking, and emotional skills.
She mixes techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice present-moment awareness, and try small experiments that shift behavior. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. She describes therapy as a collaborative process.
Leslie listens closely to each person’s priorities and adapts the plan as needed. That could mean short-term coaching-style work or deeper exploration over time. Clients who prefer speaking or messaging can work in ways that fit their daily life.
Leslie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what works best for them.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Leslie commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take action in line with those values, which can be useful for stress, relationship goals, and grief. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that keep problems going and trying practical steps to change them, which often helps with anxiety, mood, and impulsive behaviors.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Leslie collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She may combine approaches and adjust the plan over time based on what is helpful in sessions and between meetings.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or clients prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging work well for short check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone needs flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue progress between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English