About Leslie
Leslie Martin uses a respectful, faith-informed approach to counseling. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York. Leslie draws on 24 years of professional experience to help people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.
She keeps language direct and practical so parents can read quickly and understand next steps. Leslie spent many years working inside the New York City public school system before moving into full-time therapy.
How Leslie works
That background influences how she structures sessions: clear goals, steady pacing, and practical tools to try between meetings. She focuses on stress, anxiety, coping with life changes, grief, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns.
Her work also covers common relational and family-related struggles in individual therapy, including communication problems, commitment and intimacy-related issues, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family challenges, and parenting strain. She helps people manage anger, compassion fatigue, isolation, and substance-related problems when these affect daily life.
Leslie treats questions about forgiveness, guilt and shame, infidelity, and fatherhood issues in straightforward conversation with actionable steps. She incorporates coaching-style elements for clients looking to set goals and build new habits. Sessions are aimed at helping people use their strengths to move forward.
People who choose Leslie can expect a collaborative tone, practical homework, and attention to personal values. She asks about each person's story and then shapes a plan that fits their goals and daily routines.
What Leslie works with
The areas below are the ones Leslie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Leslie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach involves skill-building for stress and anxiety, teaching breathing, grounding, and thought-management strategies to reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Another focuses on processing trauma and abuse by helping people make sense of difficult events, develop coping strategies, and reduce overwhelming reactions.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the process. Leslie works collaboratively to identify goals, test techniques, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds. Clients and therapist decide together which methods feel most helpful for the person's needs, values, and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful when visual connection helps the conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and chat or messaging can fit into busy days or when written reflection feels easier. These options make it simpler to schedule regular work and keep momentum between meetings.
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