Leslie WarrenLICSW

Leslie Warren is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Alabama. She draws on years of social services work and clinical experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, fertility challenges, and life transitions. Her approach centers on listening, respect, and collaboration so clients keep control of their goals and choices.

Leslie prefers straightforward work in sessions. She helps clients identify patterns of behavior and the outcomes those actions produce. She uses client-centered conversation alongside practical strategies to break unhelpful cycles. Her style aims to leave people with small, workable tools to try between sessions.

Her background includes a Master of Social Work earned in 2014 and a Master in Rehabilitation Counseling earned in 2018 from the University of Alabama. Before clinical licensure she spent over 15 years in social services in agency settings, and she has about six years of post-master's clinical experience. That experience includes individual and group work, case management, and connecting people to community and educational supports.

Leslie has worked with people across a range of concerns, including general anxiety, situational depression, grief related to death or infertility, parenting stress, and caregiver strain. She often supports people navigating infertility and the emotional challenges around the path to parenthood.

In sessions she emphasizes mutual goal-setting and measurable steps. Leslie favors short, clear strategies such as Stop, Think, Act along with solution-focused and cognitive-behavioral ideas, using psychodynamic perspective where helpful. The aim is steady progress toward clearer choices and less overwhelm.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Leslie uses Client-Centered Therapy to put the person's experience first, offering a respectful space where the client's own goals guide the work. This approach helps people who want a listening ear and collaborative goal-setting rather than top-down advice.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to break patterns that keep problems going. CBT focuses on small experiments and practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress related to parenting or fertility challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Leslie will work together with clients to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean mixing client-centered listening with CBT exercises and brief solution-focused steps as appropriate.

If you are considering online work, confirm the session formats offered before booking. Ask which formats the therapist currently uses and how scheduling works. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They can also help people continue care while juggling work, appointments, or caregiving responsibilities.