About Les
Dr. Les Brinson is a North Carolina psychologist with five decades of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who feel stuck by anxiety, stress, depression, or major life changes.
He listens carefully and helps people find practical ways to cope and move forward. Dr. Brinson uses straightforward conversation to understand what matters most to each person.
He pays attention to daily routines, relationships, work, and the specific pressures that cause overwhelm.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at small, doable changes rather than big promises. He often helps people manage chronic worry, burnout, and transitions such as retirement or health changes. He also supports those dealing with grief, shifts in identity, career stress, and challenges connected to aging or caregiving.
Financial strain and experiences of discrimination are also areas he addresses in therapy. Dr. Brinson blends practical, problem-solving tools with a respectful, person-focused style.
He draws on approaches like cognitive behavior techniques and acceptance strategies to help people reduce distress and clarify values. He also uses motivational methods to help with planning and follow-through. He holds the credential NC Psychologist 0388 and practices in North Carolina.
Sessions may be conducted in a variety of online formats to fit different schedules. To begin, a simple questionnaire and scheduling step match people to a therapist and session time.
How Dr. Brinson’s Methods Translate to Online Therapy
Dr. Brinson commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, worry, and patterns that keep people stuck. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, is another approach he uses; it helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values despite discomfort.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will discuss options and help tailor methods to a person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day demands. That collaboration guides whether to use more skills practice, values work, or motivational techniques for follow-through.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let visual cues guide the conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a work break, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing prompts and brief updates. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Fatherhood issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 50 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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