About Leslie
Leslie McRae is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. He offers straightforward, nonjudgmental support and practical tools for everyday problems. His approach is warm and interactive so clients feel heard and guided toward change.
Leslie focuses on common concerns like low self-esteem, relationship strain, and coping with life changes. He also addresses career stress, social anxiety, panic attacks, and issues related to LGBT identity and gender dysphoria.
Background and approach
He brings long experience working with people facing aging and geriatric questions, codependency, and HIV/AIDS related concerns. In sessions he blends client-centered listening with structured techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work. That mix lets conversations stay personal while also producing clear steps to try between sessions.
He aims to help people notice patterns, test small changes, and build helpful habits over time. Leslie offers weekday phone sessions and responds to asynchronous messages, usually within 24 hours. He does not provide evening or weekend appointment times at this stage.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. He is based in Florida and practices in English. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect people with his calendar and available session types.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Leslie uses client-centered therapy to prioritize your perspective. That means sessions focus on listening carefully and reflecting what matters to you so you feel understood and can explore options at your own pace.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. CBT offers clear strategies to test in daily life, such as trying different responses to anxious thoughts or practicing small behavior changes to reduce panic and social anxiety.
Solution-focused therapy is part of his work as well. This approach emphasizes small, achievable steps and building on what already works so progress can happen efficiently between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Leslie will talk with you about your goals and preferences and adjust methods as you go. Together you can try techniques and keep what helps while changing what does not.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins and ongoing communication. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and to continue work between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York, Florida
- Languages
- English
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