Leslie M. Brown

Leslie M. Brown is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in Florida with 12 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing identity and workplace concerns, including LGBT issues and career transitions.

Her counseling style is warm and optimistic with a ready sense of humor. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She emphasizes building a strong working relationship as the foundation of effective therapy.

Leslie uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered principles to address thoughts, behaviors, and values. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and the Gottman Method when relationship work seems helpful.

Many people come to her after trauma, religious or spiritual harm, loss, or discrimination. She has experience supporting those who have had traumatic brain injury and people from marginalized communities facing equity issues. In sessions she focuses on clear goals and small, workable steps toward change.

Leslie works collaboratively and adapts the plan to each person’s needs. She acknowledges the courage it takes to start therapy and stays attentive to the relationship and to practical results. She welcomes conversation about how therapy might fit into someone’s life.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Leslie commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take committed steps toward those values, which can be useful for coping with life changes and chronic stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with realistic alternatives to change mood and behavior.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process includes checking in and adjusting techniques as progress unfolds.

Confirm the available session formats before booking so you know how sessions are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals, including this therapist, can tailor session pacing and tools to suit everyday routines and responsibilities.