Leslie Sigala, LMFT - Therapist in California

About Leslie

Leslie Sigala uses a warm, client-centered approach to guide parents and individuals through hard moments. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT who draws on 12 years of hands-on experience. Her style is collaborative and straightforward.

She speaks English and Spanish and works from California. Leslie helps with common family and parenting concerns like stress, anxiety, and relationship strain. She also supports people dealing with trauma, postpartum challenges, grief, and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar symptoms.

Background and approach

Practical tools and simple coping skills are part of sessions when they fit a person's goals. In sessions she blends talk therapy with structured techniques. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT helps break unhelpful thought patterns.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy - EFT is used when relationship and attachment issues come up. Dialectical Behavior Therapy - DBT skills are introduced for emotion regulation and strong stress reactions. She has experience with immigration-related stress, domestic violence, caregiver strain, and multicultural concerns.

Leslie also addresses concerns around body image, eating and sleeping problems, addiction, and intimacy-related issues. Her background includes work with parents and children on trauma-informed approaches. Leslie aims to create a clear plan based on each person's needs.

Sessions are described as interactive and respectful, with an emphasis on kindness and practical steps. She invites clients to build goals together and adjust the work as progress is made.

Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care

Leslie integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy into online work. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on attachment and emotional responses, which is useful for resolving relationship or intimacy-related concerns and improving communication.

She approaches the choice of method collaboratively. At the first sessions she helps clients talk about their goals and preferences, then suggests approaches that match those needs. Plans are adjusted over time so the therapy stays useful and practical.

Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and styles. These options make it easier to attend sessions from home, manage follow-up between meetings, and use brief check-ins when a full session is not needed. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and skills practice to each format so therapy remains structured and focused while fitting into daily life.

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Leslie focus on?

She works with a broad range of concerns including parenting worries, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, anxiety and stress, relationship and intimacy issues, and challenges like postpartum distress and caregiver stress.

What is her general therapy style?

Her work is client-centered and interactive. She combines conversational support with structured techniques to help clients set and meet realistic goals.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Leslie has 12 years of clinical experience providing individual and family-focused therapy in California.

What are Leslie's credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT, credential CA LMFT 93663, and practices from California.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish only.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling based on the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

LGBT
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 12 years
Licensed: California
Languages: English, Spanish

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