Leslie Warren, LICSW

Leslie Warren is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Alabama. She draws on both social work and rehabilitation counseling training to help people facing stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, grief, and life changes. Leslie emphasizes a down-to-earth, compassionate approach and aims to make therapy feel collaborative and practical.

She believes clients are experts in their own lives and focuses on goals the client chooses. Sessions center on simple tools and small shifts people can try between meetings. Leslie avoids giving prescriptive advice and instead supports clients in learning how choices and behaviors affect their day-to-day wellbeing.

Before moving into clinical practice she spent many years in social services in agency settings. She holds a Master of Social Work earned in 2014 and a Master of Rehabilitation Counseling earned in 2018, both from the University of Alabama. Her background includes case management, individual work, and group therapy across public and private agencies.

Her work has included supporting people through grief related to death, disability, and infertility, and helping clients navigate caregiver stress and aging and geriatric issues. She also brings experience with ADHD, relationship and family concerns, addiction-related struggles, and career or midlife transitions.

Leslie uses client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, and solution-focused ideas. She helps people set measurable, attainable goals and practices a simple Stop, Think, Act approach to support change.

How Leslie’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Leslie uses client-centered therapy to focus sessions on what matters most to the person sitting across from her. That means the client sets priorities and she listens, reflects, and helps turn concerns into practical next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another common strand in her work, offering concrete techniques to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Leslie will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past. Together the client and therapist decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on what is working.

Confirm the exact session options before booking since the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, turn a brief break into a focused check-in, or avoid travel time to an office. It also allows sessions to use chat, audio, or video rhythms when appropriate to the client’s needs and schedule; confirm which of these are offered when you set up your first appointment. Online sessions can support ongoing work on grief, caregiving stress, anxiety, and the day-to-day steps Leslie emphasizes.