Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
How Lesley works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lesley
Lesley Poblete-Creech is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Missouri with 12 years of direct-practice experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and relationship and career concerns. Lesley also supports people facing grief, trauma, addiction challenges, parenting strain, and issues related to identity and intimacy.
Lesley uses practical skills in sessions and keeps language straightforward. She blends mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear strategies for coping, managing strong feelings, and improving daily routines. Her background includes facilitating DBT skills groups for young adults and adults and leading groups targeted for family and couple dynamics. Lesley completed a 200-hour Certified Yoga Teacher training in 2016 and sometimes offers simple breath and movement practices as an additional tool in sessions.
People describing their goals often want better emotion regulation, clearer communication, or relief from persistent worry. Lesley collaborates to set practical targets and tracks progress over time with realistic steps. She emphasizes small, repeatable practices that fit into busy lives.
Outside of therapy work she is a dog parent to Teddy, a rescue Shih Tzu, and values an intentional approach to daily living. Lesley welcomes straightforward conversations about what therapy will look like and how it can fit into a client's schedule.
What Lesley works with
Everything Lesley lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lesley's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lesley lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Lesley draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her online work. ACT helps people clarify values and take committed steps toward what matters, often useful for anxiety, low mood, and motivation struggles. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that can help when anger, relationship conflict, or intense emotions interfere with daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust plans based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging can be a shorter check-in option or a way to use skills between appointments. These formats make it easier to attend sessions from work, home, or while traveling and help therapy fit into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Lesley
What concerns does Lesley commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and career difficulties, grief, trauma, addictions, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are straightforward and skills-focused, using mindfulness and practical tools to help manage emotions and improve daily routines.
What kind of experience does she bring?
Lesley has 12 years of direct-practice experience and has facilitated DBT skills groups for young adults and adults.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Missouri LCSW, listed as LCSW in Missouri.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
She conducts video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.