- 25 years experience
- Focus on anxiety
- Practical coping skills
About Leslie
Leslie Cross is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 25 years of experience in Maryland. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, panic attacks, or depression. She also supports those coping with addictions, relationship struggles, and parenting strains.
Her sessions begin with listening closely to each person's story. She treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Together they shape short-term goals and practical steps to ease daily pressures and reduce panic symptoms.
Leslie adapts conversation and techniques to fit what each person needs. She helps clients identify patterns that feed anxiety and develop clearer ways to respond. Work may include improving communication, managing isolation, or addressing obsessive thoughts.
She brings experience with life transitions such as midlife change, questions about life purpose, and challenges many women face. Seasonal mood shifts and difficulties linked to narcissistic relationships are also areas she addresses.
Leslie aims for straightforward, usable strategies rather than jargon. She encourages people to take the next small step, whether that is trying a new coping skill or planning follow-up appointments. To begin, use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule according to therapist availability.
Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care
Leslie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and symptom reduction. One common approach she applies helps people learn skills to manage anxiety and panic by changing unhelpful thinking and testing out safer responses in everyday situations. Another approach emphasizes behavioral strategies that break cycles of avoidance and build step-by-step confidence through gradual exposure and coping practice.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Leslie works with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and the problems they face, then recommends or adapts techniques that best match those needs. She regularly checks in and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the specific session formats before booking since the biography did not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce time spent traveling, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people practice new skills in the settings where they occur and bring real-life examples directly into sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Leslie commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, panic attacks, addictions, relationship and parenting issues, and depression. Additional focus areas include communication problems, isolation, life purpose, and obsessions and compulsions.
What is Leslie's general therapy style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, centered on listening first and tailoring conversation and plans to each person. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Leslie has 25 years of professional experience working with a range of mood and behavioral concerns. That background shapes a pragmatic, experience-informed approach.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, licensed in Maryland. Her practice is based in Maryland.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography did not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking so you know whether phone or video sessions are available.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on therapist availability.