Leslie McRae

Leslie McRae is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. He uses a straightforward, person-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, and life changes. Leslie writes in a direct way and aims to make sessions feel calm and focused for someone juggling many demands.

Leslie offers a warm and interactive style. He listens without judgment and at times will gently challenge clients to try new ways of coping. He helps people build practical skills for low self-esteem, relationship strain, career stress, and coping with transitions.

His work often draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s own goals. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and solution-focused methods to set short-term, achievable steps. These approaches are used to address panic, social anxiety, and ongoing worries about sexual and gender identity issues among other concerns.

Leslie has provided clinical care across varied settings for three decades. That background informs a calm, experienced manner when discussing difficult topics like HIV, codependency, aging concerns, or gender dysphoria. He aims to translate experience into clear, usable strategies for daily life.

To begin, people complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on his availability. Leslie offers weekday phone visits and asynchronous messaging between appointments and will respond to messages within 24 hours in most cases.

How Leslie Uses Client-Centered and CBT Approaches Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person’s goals. The therapist offers empathy and helps clients identify what matters most to them and set priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change thoughts that increase anxiety or low self-esteem. Solution-focused therapy narrows in on small, concrete steps and short-term goals to create forward movement.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Leslie will talk with each person about their needs and preferences and then decide together which methods to try. That collaborative process helps shape goals and the pacing of sessions so the plan fits the client’s life and progress.

Because session formats are specified by the therapist’s profile, please confirm current options before booking. Practical benefits of online work include easier fits for weekday schedules, phone sessions that avoid the need for video, and messaging between appointments for brief check-ins and follow-up. These options can help people maintain momentum between visits and fit therapy into busy days.