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Online therapist

Lesley Eckhardt

Calm, practical support for families

Credentials
LCSW
Experience
27 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Lesley

Lesley Eckhardt welcomes parents and families who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or worried about the people they care for. She uses plain talk to help families sort priorities, manage behavior, and ease the stress that comes with parenting. Lesley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Florida with decades of clinical experience.

She writes and explains things in a straightforward way so busy caregivers can follow next steps.

Background and approach

Lesley draws from approaches that focus on relationships and practical coping skills. She helps parents understand attachment, set boundaries, and respond to challenging behavior without escalating conflict. She also helps adults work through anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, sleep problems, and major life changes.

Her background includes crisis counseling, school-based work, therapeutic foster care, and adoption-related services. That experience shapes how she looks at family patterns and caregiving stress. She uses client-centered care and blends cognitive behavioral strategies when teaching new coping tools.

Sessions can include short-term skills practice or longer work on family patterns and attachment. Lesley aims to make strategies usable at home so parents can see small changes quickly. She explains techniques in everyday language and helps families build routines that fit their lives.

Lesley has worked with children, teens, adults, and older adults across multigenerational family systems. Her toolkit also includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused elements when they suit the family’s needs.

Approaches that translate to online family work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, encourages clients to notice difficult thoughts and bring attention back to values and actions. It helps when family members want clearer priorities and less reactivity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and building practical skills. It is useful for anxiety, mood struggles, and sleep problems that affect parenting and family life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lesley collaborates with each family to decide which methods fit their goals and daily routines. She will talk with you about preferences and try practical techniques to see what helps most in real life.

Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more convenient. These options allow parents to attend from home, manage short check-ins between caregiving tasks, and use tools right away. The format makes it easier to practice new skills where family life actually happens.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of family concerns does she address?
She supports common family and parenting issues such as stress, communication problems, blended family challenges, adoption and foster care concerns, and caregiving stress.
How would you describe Lesley’s therapy style?
Her style is straightforward and client-centered, focusing on relationship patterns and teaching coping skills you can use at home.
What is her professional background?
She has 27 years of clinical experience working in crisis counseling, school-based settings, therapeutic foster care, adoption work, and multigenerational family systems.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Lesley holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and practices in Florida under FL LCSW SW6616.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with Lesley?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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