About Leslie
Dr. Leslie "Les" Netland helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, mood changes, relationship strain, or the daily challenges of ADHD. He is a psychologist with three decades of clinical experience in Oregon and works with adults and older teens who want clearer routines, better emotion management, or steadier relationships.
Les draws on a mix of practical methods to meet people where they are. Sessions often focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors.
Background and approach
He uses client-centered listening to understand what matters to each person and solution-focused steps to set short-term goals. His background includes work in hospitals, a county jail, nursing homes, employee assistance programs, and independent practice. That variety shaped a flexible approach that matches the pace and needs of each person.
He presents ideas plainly and teaches skills you can try between sessions. Therapy with Les usually involves looking at patterns that keep problems going, practicing different choices, and building habits that support daily life. He pays attention to relationship dynamics, attachment concerns, grief, addictions, and the stresses of caregiving or blended families.
As a psychologist, he combines listening, gentle challenge, and practical skill-building. Many people come for help with anxiety, depression, ADHD, or life transitions and leave with clearer plans and calmer routines.
How Les Uses Talk Therapy Online
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building a therapeutic relationship. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's concerns, reflects what he hears, and helps the person set priorities for change. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, mood swings, or difficulties with attention. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with stress and ADHD-related restlessness.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. He will discuss your goals and preferences and together you decide which methods to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust techniques if something does not fit.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates, ask quick questions, or check in between sessions without scheduling a full call. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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