About Lesley
Lesley Schwam is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people make practical changes in daily life. Lesley centers sessions on clear goals and concrete skills so clients can move forward one step at a time.
She has twelve years of experience working with stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports people facing grief, addiction, anger, and struggles with self-esteem.
How Lesley works
Career shifts, life transitions, and managing ADHD are part of her clinical experience as well. Sessions focus on building coping tools and self-care routines that fit a person’s life. Lesley emphasizes setting short- and long-term goals and practicing healthier communication and boundary skills.
Therapy often includes learning strategies to reduce panic, manage difficult emotions, and handle relationship and intimacy-related concerns. Her work covers additional areas such as blended family issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, and family of origin problems. She also helps people navigate divorce or separation, substance concerns, guilt, shame, and forgiveness.
Lesley uses straightforward, solution-minded techniques in sessions. Clients can expect a practical approach that mixes thought-and-behavior strategies with focused goal-setting. The aim is to build skills that make daily life more manageable and purposeful.
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What Lesley works with
The areas below are the ones Lesley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapy approaches and online care that focus on goals
Lesley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts affect feelings and behavior, then practice small changes that reduce anxiety or depressive patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to identify immediate goals and build steps toward them, which works well for people who want quick, practical progress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That teamwork means plans are adjusted as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication styles. Video lets people work face to face when discussion and nonverbal cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or sitting on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between appointments, manage short updates, or fit a brief session into a busy day.
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