Leslie Santure
Calm, practical support for parents and caregivers
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Leslie
Leslie Santure is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on stress, anxiety, parenting, grief, trauma and abuse, and related concerns. She brings six years of counseling experience and a calm, nonjudgmental presence to sessions. Parents and caregivers often find her practical approach helps them manage daily challenges.
She works in Louisiana and holds the LPC credential. Leslie learned a great deal from time on a crisis team, where she supported people facing trauma, abuse, and unstable situations.
Background and approach
That work shaped how she responds to urgent needs and helps clients find steady ground. She has also worked as a case manager for children with disabilities, which informs her understanding of family stress and practical supports. Her style is relaxed and direct.
Sessions emphasize empathy and positive regard, while focusing on skills that help with communication, anger management, and coping with life changes. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and Trauma-Focused Therapy for processing traumatic experiences. Leslie also uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a trusting relationship and to let the client lead what feels most important.
She welcomes people of varied races, sexual orientations, and cultures and centers who they are in the work. This helps shape goals that feel meaningful and realistic. In practical terms, therapy with Leslie runs like a team effort.
She helps clients identify small actionable steps. The focus is on improving day-to-day functioning and building skills that last.
How Leslie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the client’s priorities lead the work. It is useful for building trust and for parents who need a space to talk through daily challenges and values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is practical and skill-based, often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and managing mood swings.
Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people address and process traumatic events in a paced way. It is applied when trauma or abuse is part of someone’s history and when the person wants structured support to reduce the impact of those memories.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Leslie works collaboratively to decide which methods fit each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan so the work stays relevant and doable.
Online therapy offers flexibility for parents and busy adults. Video calls let conversations feel close to an in-person visit, phone sessions provide convenience, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins or when scheduling is tight. These options make it easier to maintain steady progress while balancing family and work demands.
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.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Work that takes difficult past experience into account and moves at a pace you set, with attention to feeling steady before anything else. Being in your own space can make that easier for some people.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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