About Leslie
Leslie Garza is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with three years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety while navigating life changes. Leslie centers sessions on each person's strengths and goals and aims to make first steps toward change feel manageable.
Leslie works with common concerns such as relationship strain, family conflict, parenting stress, low self-esteem, grief, and trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
She uses practical tools in sessions to help people cope day to day and build skills they can reuse after a session ends. Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She listens first, then helps clients choose simple steps they can try between meetings.
Motivation and small changes are part of how she approaches progress. Leslie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that feed anxiety and stress. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people clarify what matters most to them and find motivation to act on those values.
Sessions are offered through online formats that fit different schedules and needs. Leslie encourages people to take the first step when they feel ready and offers support as they work toward a more balanced daily life.
How Leslie Uses Talk Techniques Online
Leslie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She helps clients try simple, practical changes that can lower anxiety and make daily tasks easier. Motivational Interviewing is another approach she uses to help people clarify what matters to them and find doable steps toward those goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Leslie partners with each person to decide which tools to try first based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in and adjusts the plan as progress or new challenges appear so the approach stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different routines. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging can work for quick check-ins or when shorter, written exchanges feel easier. These options make it more practical to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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