Leslie Martin , LPC, LMHC

Leslie Martin is a licensed mental health professional who brings decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, family conflict, anger, and major life changes. She holds licensure as an LPC in New Jersey and as an LMHC in New York - LPC means Licensed Professional Counselor and LMHC means Licensed Mental Health Counselor, both indicating formal state credentials to provide therapy. After spending 15 years working in the New York City public school system while also maintaining a part-time private practice, she moved into full-time clinical work to concentrate on direct therapeutic support.

Working from a faith-based perspective, she emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion and adapts conversations and treatment plans to fit each person’s unique background and values. She focuses on clients’ strengths and believes people are the experts in their own stories, offering practical guidance and encouragement to help them address the issues that challenge them. Taking the first step toward a more fulfilling life takes courage, and Leslie offers steady support and partnership throughout the therapeutic journey.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care

Leslie often draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that teach practical skills for managing stress and anxiety, helping clients learn tools to change unhelpful thinking and reduce everyday tension. She also uses trauma-informed and grief-focused strategies that support emotional processing and recovery after painful events, offering paced approaches for people coping with loss or past harm. In work with families and parents she emphasizes communication-focused interventions that improve problem-solving, boundaries, and relational connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together - Leslie partners with each client to identify which methods best match their goals, needs, and personal preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. This collaborative process helps ensure therapy feels relevant and practical for each person.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access care from home or elsewhere. These formats provide flexibility for follow-up, skill practice between sessions, and maintaining continuity of care when life circumstances change, while allowing clients to work with licensed professionals from a convenient setting.