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LPC, LMHC

Leslie Martin, LPC, LMHC

  • Experience24 years
  • LocationNew Jersey
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Family
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Leslie

Leslie Martin is a licensed counselor with LPC and LMHC credentials who brings 24 years of clinical experience to her practice in New Jersey. She combines a faith-informed perspective with professional training to create respectful, compassionate care tailored to each person’s needs.

Background and approach

Her background includes extensive work in education and independent practice, which informs her practical approach to addressing stress, anxiety, family conflicts, anger, and major life transitions. Martin emphasizes collaboration and strength-based work, inviting clients to draw on their own knowledge of their lives while she offers guidance and tools.

Her areas of focus also include trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related concerns, parenting and coaching, compassion fatigue, and ADHD alongside a broad range of family and relational issues such as adoption and foster care challenges, blended family dynamics, and communication problems.

She aims to help clients develop coping strategies and clearer paths forward through thoughtful dialogue and individualized treatment planning.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Access

Leslie Martin draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional regulation. One common approach used in this style of work teaches concrete coping and problem-solving strategies that help manage stress, anxiety, and day-to-day challenges. Another frequently applied method centers on processing life changes, trauma, or grief by building resilience and enhancing emotional awareness to reduce distress and improve functioning.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each client to determine what fits best. Together they review goals, preferences, and responses to different techniques, adjusting the plan over time so the work stays aligned with the client’s evolving needs.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide greater flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during transitions, and access support from home or work while working with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Leslie Martin works with stress, anxiety, family conflicts, anger, and coping with life changes among many other issues such as trauma, grief, intimacy-related concerns, parenting needs, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is the general therapeutic style and approach?
The practice emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion with a faith-informed orientation and a strengths-based, collaborative style that tailors dialogue and treatment plans to each person.
How much clinical experience does this therapist have?
The clinician has 24 years of professional experience including many years working in the New York City public school system and in independent practice prior to full-time clinical work.
What credentials and licensure does the therapist hold?
She holds LPC and LMHC credentials with licensure details NJ LPC 37PC00867300 and NY LMHC 001024 and practices from New Jersey.
In which language are sessions offered and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available for online work?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How is pricing handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsAnger managementSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

Trauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaYoung adult issues

Experience

24+ years

Licensed

New York, New Jersey

Languages

English

What Leslie can help with

Leslie Martin works with clients on stress and anxiety, family conflicts, anger management, self esteem, and coping with life changes.

Leslie works with clients with stress and anxiety, family conflicts, anger management, and overall life changes.

Experience and training

Leslie is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in New Jersey.