About Leslie
Leslie Wallace is a licensed social worker in Louisiana with 19 years of experience. She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they feel and begin to sort things out.
Leslie uses psychodynamic therapy to help people connect past experiences with present behaviors. That approach aims to increase self-awareness and understanding of how earlier events influence current patterns.
Background and approach
She also brings mindfulness practices into sessions to help reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms through focused attention and grounding exercises. Sessions focus on listening, gently examining patterns, and trying small changes in how clients relate to themselves and others. Leslie encourages practical steps people can use between sessions.
She explains ideas in everyday language so clients can apply them to daily life. Her background includes nearly two decades working with concerns such as family conflict, parenting strain, intimacy issues, anger, and coping with life changes. She also addresses more specific areas like abandonment, attachment questions, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and the emotional impact of illness.
People who prefer thoughtful reflection paired with practical mindfulness tools may find this approach helpful. Leslie aims to collaborate with each person to set goals and try approaches that fit their situation.
How psychodynamic and mindfulness work online
Psychodynamic therapy looks at how past patterns affect current feelings and actions. Online sessions let a therapist and client talk through those patterns and notice repeating themes that pop up in everyday life. Mindfulness practice focuses on breathing and present-moment awareness to reduce stress and calm racing thoughts. In remote sessions, the therapist can guide short exercises that clients use between meetings to steady mood and attention.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether psychodynamic reflection, mindfulness skills, or a mix fits best. They will check in about goals and adjust methods based on what helps the client make steady progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, journaling support, or days when a shorter exchange works better. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy schedules or when travel is difficult.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English