Lesley Bartick

Lesley Bartick is a Florida-based licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She focuses on clear, practical steps clients can use right away. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at reducing overwhelm and building everyday coping skills.

She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and change small behaviors that make a difference. Client-Centered Therapy and Mindfulness practices are woven into sessions to keep the work grounded in each person’s values and present moment experience. Motivational Interviewing is used when people feel stuck and want help finding the next step.

Lesley has 15 years of experience supporting people through relationship strain, communication problems, and the emotional fallout of separation and divorce. She also works with issues such as postpartum mood shifts, caregiver stress, immigration-related worries, and difficulties tied to infidelity or family conflict. Her background helps her respond to both sudden crises and longer transitions.

In sessions she emphasizes practical tools - clearer communication habits, short mindfulness exercises, and behavior-focused experiments to test new ways of coping. The work is collaborative: she helps clients set goals, track progress, and adjust strategies as needed. Lesley offers services in English and practices in Florida.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.

Approaches used in online counseling and how they help

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small actions toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and testing unhelpful thought patterns and trying new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental conversation where the person leads the pace and topics of change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lesley works together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments during breaks, after work, or from different locations. It also makes shorter check-ins and follow-up conversations easier to schedule when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and client-centered techniques to an online setting to focus on practical tools, communication skills, and manageable behavior changes.