Leslie Moriarty, LCSW, LSCSW

Leslie Moriarty is a licensed therapist practicing in New York with 25 years of clinical experience supporting people through difficult emotional challenges. She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials, clinical social work licenses that reflect advanced training and experience in mental health care. Her work focuses on helping individuals clarify life purpose, manage social anxiety, and address deep-seated feelings of guilt and shame.

Leslie specializes in treating depression, stress, anxiety, and trauma-related concerns, offering a steady and compassionate presence as clients work toward greater emotional balance. She creates a non-judgmental space where practical coping skills and personal insight are developed side by side, allowing clients to build resilience and move through painful experiences at their own pace.

Grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a person-centered approach, Leslie emphasizes each client’s unique story and strengths. She collaborates with people to transform limiting beliefs, cultivate self-compassion, and identify realistic steps toward meaningful change. Whether someone seeks relief from persistent symptoms or wants deeper self-understanding, Leslie brings empathy and professional expertise to each stage of the healing process.

With a commitment to helping clients find greater emotional clarity and purpose, Leslie supports lasting growth through tailored strategies that honor individual values and goals.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care for Stress and Trauma

Leslie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that address common patterns of thinking and behavior related to anxiety and depression. These approaches help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns, practice new coping skills, and develop routines that reduce daily distress and improve mood.

She also provides trauma-focused work that supports processing experiences of abuse or past harm in a paced, structured way. This type of work aims to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and their impact on everyday functioning, helping clients regain a greater sense of stability and control.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process and Leslie takes a collaborative stance - she will work with each person to determine which strategies best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they adapt techniques over time to ensure a good fit.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling and ongoing care. These options make it possible to maintain continuity of treatment from different locations, fit sessions into busy lives, and access support in ways that suit individual comfort and routine.