About Leslie
Leslie Sakow is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 21 years of practice in Georgia. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, mood changes, and other emotional challenges. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping people take practical steps to feel steadier in daily life.
Leslie blends talk-based techniques with movement and creative expression. She uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and somatic work.
Background and approach
Those tools are mixed with expressive arts and simple action planning to match what each person needs. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, achievable steps. Some people work on coping with trauma or compassion fatigue while others address impulsivity, self-esteem, or bipolar mood management.
Leslie also supports people facing loss, guilt, emptiness, and disaster-related stress. Her approach is collaborative and practical. She listens first, then builds a plan that fits daily life and current strengths.
Work may include breathing and body awareness, hands-on activities, thought tracking, and real-world experiments. Leslie offers therapy by phone, video calls, live chat, or text-based messaging. She guides people through a matching and scheduling process so sessions begin at a pace that fits their routine and needs.
Approach and access for online therapy
Leslie often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then act toward values-based goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions to build practical skills for managing anxiety and low mood.She approaches choice of method collaboratively. During early sessions she will talk with the client about goals, daily routines, and what feels most useful, then suggest a mix of approaches. Clients and therapist adjust the plan as they learn what works best together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and visual work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging works well for ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while still using the same clinical approaches.
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- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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