About Leslie
Leslie Gray is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with ten years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and the everyday stressors that get in the way of daily life. Leslie emphasizes practical steps and honest conversation to help clients move forward.
She began her work primarily in substance use settings and has guided many people through recovery and co-occurring mental health concerns.
Background and approach
That background shaped her interest in supporting people who struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, domestic violence, and the emotional fallout that follows trauma. Leslie describes her core view as existential, meaning she helps people find meaning when life feels unfair or chaotic. She blends that perspective with a person-centered stance, so sessions center on each individual's goals and priorities.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas and mindfulness practices are used to help people change unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior. In sessions she acknowledges the hard feelings that often come up - anger, grief, frustration - and encourages people to notice those emotions without giving up.
Motivation and practical problem solving are woven into the work, so the focus stays on what can be tried next. Her style aims to be direct, respectful, and goal-oriented. Leslie works with adults who want to address addiction, trauma, mood concerns, and ADHD-related struggles.
She offers a space for people to talk through setbacks and create steps toward the life they want.
How Leslie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy puts the client's goals first and focuses on listening, feedback, and guidance to help people find their own solutions; it’s useful for building motivation after setbacks. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, or unhelpful habits. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) aims to help process traumatic memories through structured steps that can reduce their emotional charge and lessen avoidance.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Leslie will talk with each person about their goals, past experiences, and preferences, then recommend methods that fit best. Together they set short-term targets so progress can be checked and the plan adjusted as needed.
Online therapy here is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls let visual cues guide discussions, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy into busy days and continue work even when attending in-person sessions is difficult.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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