About Leslie
Dr. Leslie Davis is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia with 10 years of experience. She offers a steady, respectful presence for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addiction.
She also helps with relationship concerns, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Her work is practical and person-focused. She listens first, then helps create a clear plan that fits each person's life.
Sessions are tailored to specific needs, whether the focus is coping with change, managing mood, or addressing patterns like codependency and impulsivity.
How Leslie works
Dr. Davis uses several approaches to guide therapy. She draws on attachment-based ideas to map relationship patterns and emotionally-focused methods to address how feelings affect connection.
Cognitive behavioral techniques help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness tools support stress management and improved sleep. Clients can expect calm, direct conversation and concrete skills to try between sessions. She also addresses areas like parenting stress, caregiver burnout, body image, and career concerns.
The goal is clearer thinking and better daily functioning. Dr. Davis works with LGBT concerns, first responder stress, bipolar management, ADHD-related struggles, and issues such as abandonment, commitment, and communication problems.
She aims to meet people where they are and help them move toward more manageable days.
Leslie lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
How Leslie's Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and trust. Online sessions can use conversation and guided exercises to identify those patterns and try new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In virtual sessions this often means spot-checking thoughts, setting small experiments, and practicing new skills between meetings.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will pick strategies to test and adjust the plan as needed in follow-up sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when they prefer visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging supports shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or written reflection between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and try different ways of connecting with a licensed professional.
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