About Lesley
Lesley Poblete-Creech is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Missouri. She brings 12 years of direct practice experience supporting adults with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, career concerns, grief, addiction, and ADHD. Lesley offers a calm, down-to-earth presence and focuses on helping people take practical steps toward feeling better day to day.
She uses clear skills and short exercises in sessions so clients can try things between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness practices. She also draws on client-centered principles to keep the work focused on each person’s goals. Lesley has led DBT skills groups for young adults and adults and has run DBT-informed groups aimed at families and couples.
She completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2016 and sometimes integrates breath work and simple movement as tools for grounding and stress relief. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which allows for flexible check-ins and varied ways to practice skills.
Lesley notes typical evening weekday availability after 6:30 pm Central Time, some Saturday daytime slots, and select Sunday evening times. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared honestly. Lesley works collaboratively to set small, achievable steps so clients can notice progress and build routines that fit their lives.
How Lesley’s Approaches Work Online
Lesley often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then choose actions that align with their values. This approach can help with anxiety, motivation, and life transitions. She also relies on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice clear, concrete behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Lesley will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches fit their needs and goals. She checks in about what is helpful and adjusts techniques so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving several ways to connect. Video is useful for full sessions that include exercises and discussion. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework help, or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try tools in real-world moments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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