Leslie Wallace, LCSW

Leslie Wallace is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 19 years of experience based in Louisiana. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and major life changes. Leslie aims to make the first steps toward change feel more manageable and less intimidating.

Leslie creates a calm space where people can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. She listens for the links between past experiences and present behavior. That understanding helps people make different choices and find more satisfying ways to cope.

Her primary approach is psychodynamic therapy, which looks at unconscious patterns and how early experiences influence current behavior. In sessions she helps people connect those patterns to everyday problems and use their own strengths to change them.

Leslie also integrates mindfulness practices into her work. Mindfulness exercises are used to help reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression by teaching focused attention and intentional breathing. These practices are short and practical, and they are adapted to fit each person’s life.

Over nearly two decades she has worked with a broad range of concerns including trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, and family of origin matters. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative, aimed at building insight and practical coping skills that people can use between sessions.

How Leslie's Approaches Work Online

Psychodynamic therapy looks for patterns that started long ago and show up now. It focuses on how past relationships and experiences shape current behavior and feelings. In online sessions this means talking through recurring reactions and making connections that lead to clearer choices.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices. These techniques help reduce worry and low mood by training attention and slowing reactivity. Short guided exercises can be practiced between sessions to build calm and clarity.

Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process. Leslie will work with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and day-to-day routine. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.

Confirm the available session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as cutting down travel time, fitting a check-in during a lunch break, or choosing a shorter session when time is limited. Talk with the therapist when you schedule to find times and formats that match your schedule.