About Leslie
Leslie Sakow is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 21 years of experience helping people in Georgia. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, mood disorders and the fallout from trauma. Leslie also supports people coping with life changes, ADHD, low self-esteem, guilt and compassion fatigue.
Her sessions use a mix of approaches. Leslie blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and take values-based steps.
Background and approach
She draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness to teach practical emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. Leslie also incorporates somatic work and expressive arts when it fits a person’s needs. That can include breath and movement practices, and using drawing or movement to process feelings that are hard to put into words.
She pairs those methods with straightforward mental health action planning so goals stay concrete and measurable. Sessions are focused and practical. People leave with coping tools they can use between meetings.
The therapist frames progress as small, steady steps rather than overnight change. Leslie aims to create a steady, supportive space for people to work through painful experiences and build routines that sustain mental health. She welcomes questions about approach and tailors plans to each person’s goals and life circumstances.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Leslie often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. ACT helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values, even when difficult feelings are present. CBT focuses on identifying thinking patterns that lead to distress and practicing new ways of responding to reduce symptoms over time.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices to build emotion regulation and distress-tolerance tools. DBT skills training teaches concrete techniques for handling strong emotions, and mindfulness helps people notice thoughts and sensations without reacting immediately. Together these approaches support practical coping for anxiety, mood changes and trauma-related stress.
Finding the right mix is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and day-to-day constraints, then try methods that fit. If something doesn’t feel helpful, adjustments are made so the plan stays relevant and usable.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for full conversations and skills practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and short text or chat can work well for quick check-ins or between-session support. These options let people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between appointments.
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- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English