Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Leslie works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Leslie
Dr. Leslie Cary is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of experience in Florida. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress, manage anger, and improve relationships.
She aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear. Her approach centers on listening to each person's story and building on real strengths. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused.
She helps people identify what triggers strong reactions and practices small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Dr. Cary has worked with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and trauma and abuse. She also supports those dealing with parenting strain, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to adoption or blended families.
Conversations often include communication skills, coping strategies, and ways to rebuild trust after hurt. She brings two decades of clinical experience to discussions about intimacy, self-esteem, and life transitions. Work may include spotting patterns that keep problems repeating and experimenting with new behaviors between sessions.
Many clients find this concrete focus helps them notice progress quickly. People can expect clear explanations, practical homework, and steady support through difficult moments. Dr.
Cary accepts international clients and holds sessions in English. Online options and flexible formats help people fit therapy into busy lives.
What Leslie works with
Everything Leslie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Leslie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Evidence-based approaches for anger and stress online
Dr. Cary uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and real-life practice. One approach emphasizes identifying triggers and teaching practical coping strategies to reduce intense reactions. This helps people notice early warning signs and try different responses in everyday moments. Another approach concentrates on improving communication and relationship patterns, teaching ways to express needs and set boundaries without escalating conflict. That work often reduces recurring arguments and builds safer, more predictable interactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will help you decide which techniques match your goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions are collaborative - you and the therapist test methods and adjust plans based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible care. Video calls let you practice communication skills face to face. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is low or when a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text messaging allow for ongoing support, brief coaching between sessions, and checking in after difficult moments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
Questions people ask about Leslie
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, and related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth, with an emphasis on listening, practical skills, and small experiments to change patterns between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Dr. Cary has 20 years of professional experience working with people facing a wide range of life stresses and emotional concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LMFT - licensed marriage and family therapist - practicing in Florida.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by 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 sessions based on the therapist's availability.