Leslie M. Brown, LMFT
Therapist helping change your story
Details
| Name | Leslie M. Brown |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | Florida |
| Licensed in | Florida |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 12 |
About Leslie
Leslie M. Brown is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Florida. She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship trouble, addiction concerns, parenting strain, and work or career problems.
Her approach is warm and straightforward, with a sense of humor when it fits. She focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Leslie draws on narrative ideas to help people reframe stories about themselves.
Background and approach
She also uses acceptance and commitment techniques and cognitive-behavioral strategies to manage difficult feelings and actions. Her style is respectful and nonjudgmental. She pays attention to how people’s backgrounds, identities, and experiences shape their lives.
Leslie often works with clients from marginalized communities and people who have experienced religious or spiritual harm. Sessions are collaborative. She emphasizes the relationship she builds with each person and adapts methods to fit what feels useful.
Expect clear goals, skill practice, and gentle challenge when needed. With 12 years of experience, Leslie has supported people through loss, chronic health problems, life transitions, adoption and foster care concerns, codependency, and issues like abandonment or commitment worries. She also addresses intimacy, communication, anger, and coping after disaster or separation.
Leslie accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English. She aims to help people untangle difficult stories, try new ways of coping, and move toward goals that matter to them.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Self esteem among the things Leslie works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Leslie among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Leslie among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Leslie among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Leslie among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Leslie among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Leslie among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Leslie among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Leslie among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Leslie among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Leslie directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Leslie directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How her methods work in online therapy
Leslie often uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe the stories they tell about themselves and their problems. This approach looks at how events and labels become part of a life story and helps people name different plots or possibilities.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which teaches skills for noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is another common tool she uses to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice small behavior changes to reduce distress.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. She will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before, then try methods that fit. Adjustments are made as work continues so the plan stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and skill practice. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, more frequent touchpoints. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to try different ways of connecting.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, parenting strain, career problems, ADHD, and many related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, optimistic, and down-to-earth. She works collaboratively and adapts techniques to each person's needs.
What experience does she bring?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of life challenges, including traumatic injury, religious or spiritual harm, and discrimination-related stress.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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