Lesley Eckhardt, LCSW

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Compassionate care with practical tools

Details

Name	Lesley Eckhardt
Credentials	LCSW
Based in	Florida
Licensed in	Florida
Session format	Online
Languages	English
Years in practice	27

About Lesley

Lesley Eckhardt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida. She brings 27 years of experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, ADHD, and parenting challenges. Lesley speaks plainly and offers steady support for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.

She focuses on understanding how past experiences shape current patterns. Sessions look at relationships, family of origin issues, attachment concerns, and how those patterns affect daily life.

Background and approach

Lesley uses narrative ideas alongside practical tools to help people tell a different story about themselves. Her work blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy. That means clients can expect both empathic listening and concrete strategies to manage symptoms, mood, sleep, anger, or work stress.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas when relationships and caregiving cause strain. Lesley has a long background in crisis counseling, school-based support, therapeutic foster care, adoption-related work, and caregiver stress. Those settings shaped her practical approach to parenting, blended family issues, and caring for aging relatives.

She aims to help clients find everyday changes that make life more manageable. Sessions may include talking through painful memories, building coping skills, changing unhelpful behavior patterns, or working on communication and boundaries. Lesley emphasizes collaboration and steady progress rather than quick fixes.

She works with each person to set realistic goals and track small wins over time.

What this therapist works with

Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Lesley works with, alongside the areas below.

Approaches listed

Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Existential Therapy: Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Jungian Therapy: Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Lesley among the ways she works.
Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Lesley directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.

Narrative Therapy in this listing

Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.

If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Lesley directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.

Online session options

Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life

Lesley often combines Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people rewrite the stories they tell about themselves and take value-driven action. Narrative Therapy focuses on separating a person from their problems and finding alternate storylines that open up new choices. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches skills to accept difficult thoughts while committing to actions that match personal values.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy when relationship patterns and caregiving issues shape a person’s struggles. This approach looks at how early bonds affect current reactions and helps people build steadier ways of relating and setting boundaries.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lesley treats the choice of methods as collaborative and adjusts techniques based on each person’s goals, needs, and preferences. She discusses options together so clients understand why a certain approach might be tried and how progress will be measured.

The online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller interaction and teaching practical skills, phone works well for check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep working steadily toward change.

Common questions about this listing

What concerns does Lesley commonly address?

She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, ADHD, sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, and career-related stress.

What is Lesley’s general therapy style?

Her style combines empathic, client-centered listening with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to support change.

How much clinical experience does this therapist have?

Lesley has 27 years of experience working in crisis counseling, school-based settings, therapeutic foster care, adoption-related services, and caregiver support.

What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida and practices from that state.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English only.

What session formats are available?

Lesley offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How are sessions billed and what does cost depend on?

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 this therapist?

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