About Leslie
Dr. Leslie "Les" Netland helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or life transitions. He works with adults and older teens who want clearer thinking, steadier moods, and better ways to handle daily pressures.
Les writes simply and directly about how therapy can help and keeps sessions focused on practical change. He brings three decades of clinical experience gathered in a wide range of settings. That includes work in state hospitals, county jails, nursing homes, a personal psychiatric hospital, and several personal practices.
Background and approach
He has also provided services through Employee Assistance Programs. Les holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and is licensed as an Oregon Psychologist 3296. In sessions he combines client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral tools and psychodynamic perspective.
That means he listens for what matters most to the person, teaches skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and looks at patterns that repeat over time. He also uses mindfulness and solution-focused ideas when they fit the client's goals. Les typically works with individuals in their late teens and older.
He describes his role as teacher, analyst, and facilitator - helping clients learn about themselves and make changes they choose. He pays attention to cultural differences and adapts his style to each person's needs. Practical skill building is part of the work and may include stress management, mood regulation, communication strategy, and concrete steps for coping with life changes.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on things a person can control. Les practices in Oregon and conducts therapy in English. He draws on long experience to help people manage anxiety, relationship strain, grief, addiction concerns, and other life challenges.
How therapy styles translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship, helping people feel understood and guiding goals that matter to them. It is useful for anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, and general life stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often includes exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address addictive patterns in everyday life.
Mindfulness Therapy introduces attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness, which can help with stress and rumination.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about what they want to change, try techniques that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. Many clients use a mix of approaches rather than a single method.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises that benefit from face-to-face contact. Phone sessions work well when a quieter space or lower bandwidth is preferred. Live chat and text messaging can be a shorter check-in, a way to track moods, or a tool for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine and to keep steady momentum toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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