Leslie Powers, LPC

Leslie Powers is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama with 34 years of experience. She began her career in 1988 as a Certified Addictions Counselor and has worked in treatment centers, mental health clinics, schools, and private practice. Leslie holds a Master of Counseling and Human Development from Troy University and a Master of Speech Communication from Auburn University.

Her work leans toward cognitive approaches and solution-focused methods. Sessions often include goal-setting, practical homework, and conversational problem-solving. She values a warm, respectful tone and uses humor alongside focused inquiry to help people move forward.

Leslie supports people facing stress and anxiety as well as issues such as addiction, depression, grief, trauma, parenting strain, workplace stress, and attention-related concerns. She also addresses mood disorders, social anxiety, panic, and process addictions among other areas. When longer-term care involves medication, she is willing to coordinate as part of a larger care team.

In the counseling space she treats each person as someone with problem-solving ability. Work is practical and collaborative, with clear goals and steps to try between sessions. Leslie generally avoids working with chronic pain clients online unless there is collaboration with a medical doctor.

Her background includes school counseling and contracted work with a county Department of Human Resources, giving her experience across different service settings. People looking for a straightforward, goal-minded counselor often find her style easy to follow.

How CBT, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused Work Online

Leslie uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and patterns. In short sessions this often means identifying a few thinking habits, testing them with real-life steps, and tracking what changes.

Mindfulness Therapy in her work involves basic attention skills and breathing or noticing exercises. These practices can help with stress, anxiety, and mood regulation by grounding attention in the present moment.

Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, achievable goals. The work focuses on what will look different when things improve and on practical steps to get there. This approach is well suited to people who want concrete changes and quick progress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Leslie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions include discussion, goal-setting, and tasks to try between meetings so progress can be checked and adjusted.

Because the original biography does not list specific online formats, confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when helpful. It can also let people use simple practices between sessions and keep steady momentum toward their goals.