About Leslie
Leslie Westbrook is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in New Jersey. She draws on seven years of experience to support people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, anger, or low self-esteem. Leslie also helps people who struggle with focus and concentration concerns, including ADHD-related challenges.
She listens with sensitivity and adapts conversations to each person's needs. Sessions are collaborative and straightforward, focused on practical steps that fit day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Leslie aims to make each conversation respectful and compassionate. Her background includes a mix of approaches that help with thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to break unhelpful thinking patterns and build new habits.
Mindfulness techniques help people notice stress and respond more calmly. Leslie also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at long-running patterns that affect relationships and self-image. Together these approaches help address issues such as impulsivity, communication problems, isolation, and workplace stress.
She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Therapy follows a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling happens after a short matching questionnaire. Leslie encourages people to take the first step and will tailor the plan to their goals.
How Leslie’s approaches work online
Leslie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT focuses on small, practical changes that can reduce anxiety, improve focus, and change reactions to stress.She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy, which teaches simple attention and breathing practices to notice feelings and respond more calmly. Mindfulness can help with impulsivity, rumination, and emotional overwhelm.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Leslie will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then choose strategies together. This collaborative process means plans are adjusted if something isn't working.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video calls are useful for more in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging allow brief, flexible check-ins that can fit between tasks or on busy days.
These options make it simpler to fit therapy into school, work, or family routines while keeping treatment focused on specific daily challenges.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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