My name is Lesley Schwam, I am from Los Angeles, California. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist LMFT since 2015. I began graduate school in 2009 and started earning my counseling hours toward licensure during graduate school. My work experience varies from working with adolescents prior to licensing, to now working with adults 18 years of age and older. My treatment approach is from a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and Narrative Therapy perspective. I believe individuals have the ability to change behaviors daily and I also believe in helping individuals find solutions to help move forward with life goals. I have experience working with Trauma, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Grief and Loss, as well as Adjustment Disorders and phase of life transitions including finding a new job, a new career, entering retirement, or adjusting to a new role in life. I focus first on self care, coping skills, setting short and long term goals, and learning boundary setting skills, as well as positive communication skills. By setting and reaching goals we learn what we are capable of, and I know each individual person is capable of more than they believe.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and discrimination, Self-harm, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
CA LMFT 85910
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She’s amazing
Written on Jul 24, 2024 after therapy with Lesley for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
I am very happy to have found someone who listens and understands so well. Lesley is kind, funny, compassionate, and knowledgeable. Her questions are thought provoking and allow me to process, without judgment towards myself, even after our session. I'm hopeful to find some closure to some deep seeded trauma.
Written on Jul 23, 2024 after therapy with Lesley for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting issues
Lesley has been instrumental in creating opportunities within myself to look at situations from a different perspective. If you would have bet my 30 year old self that at 62 I would be having a therapy session while sitting in my car eating my lunch I would have lost a bet ! Technology being used as it was meant to be
Written on Feb 04, 2024 after therapy with Lesley for 6 months on issues concerning addictions, family conflicts, and coping with life changes
She’s been wonderful to work with so far.
Written on May 25, 2022 after therapy with Lesley for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes
Lesley is a caring therapist who completely understood what I needed. She kept in touch with me when I needed it the most! I will always be grateful for her support!
Written on Jun 20, 2021 after therapy with Lesley for 2 months on issues concerning depression, family conflicts, grief, and coping with life changes
At first I was a bit skeptical with joining Better Help, due to previous experiences with reaching out for help. But a friend of mine had joined and suggested I take a shot at it. So I did, I took a giant leap of faith and went for it. The survey I took at the beginning was super easy and quick, and surprisingly, very accurate in pairing me with Lesley.
To put it in a few words, she is amazing. It’s been a few months now and I have made immense progress and have turned to Lesley when I need her. I couldn’t be happier with my outcome and recommend Better Help to everyone!
Written on Apr 29, 2021 after therapy with Lesley for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, anger management, and coping with life changes