About Leslie
Dr. Leslie "Les" Netland helps people who are anxious, overwhelmed, or facing big life changes. He sees individuals in their late teens and older who want practical steps for stress, anxiety, relationship trouble, depression, addiction concerns, grief, or problems with self-esteem.
Les writes clearly about goals and works with each person to find what fits their life. He has three decades of clinical experience across a range of settings, including state hospitals, county jails, nursing homes, a personal psychiatric hospital, and independent practice.
Background and approach
He also provided services through Employee Assistance Programs. That variety gives him many perspectives on coping and recovery. Les uses several straightforward approaches in sessions.
He draws from client-centered work to keep the conversation focused on the person's priorities. He uses cognitive behavioral methods to spot unhelpful thinking and build new skills. He also brings psychodynamic and solution-focused ideas when they help make sense of patterns or set achievable short-term goals.
In a typical session he acts as teacher, analyst, and facilitator. He helps people learn more about themselves and the relationships that matter to them. He offers skill-building exercises and practical takeaways to try between sessions.
Les holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and practices in Oregon as OR Psychologist 3296. He conducts sessions in English and works with clients who want a clear plan for change. He emphasizes cultural sensitivity and adapts approaches to match each person's needs.
How Les Uses Different Approaches Online
Les often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques when working online. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and supporting a person's own goals, which helps people clarify what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and teaches practical skills to change behavior and mood, useful for anxiety, stress, and many day-to-day problems.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Les collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. He may emphasize skill practice and short-term goals at first, then use deeper exploration when it helps make sense of long-standing patterns.
Online formats make those methods flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill coaching and deeper dialogue. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief questions, ongoing check-ins, homework prompts, or for people who prefer writing over speaking. These options let people fit therapy into busy lives and try different ways of connecting while working on real goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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