Lesley Poblete-Creech , LCSW

Lesley Poblete-Creech is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Missouri with 12 years of direct-practice experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career challenges, and coping with life changes. She also supports those dealing with trauma, grief, addiction, ADHD, and LGBT-related issues.

Lesley uses clear, practical methods in sessions. She brings together mindfulness practices, cognitive-behavioral ideas, acceptance strategies, and DBT skills. She sometimes offers yoga as an additional tool to help clients build body awareness and present-moment focus.

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She works with clients to set realistic goals and practices they can try between sessions. Sessions aim to make small, steady shifts that add up over time.

Lesley has experience facilitating DBT skills groups for young adults and adults, and has led DBT skills groups designed for families and couples. She began teaching yoga after completing a 200-hour certification in 2016 and incorporates breath-based mindfulness when helpful.

She balances clinical work with a full-time role outside of therapy, so she typically offers weekday evenings after 6:30 pm Central Time on select Monday through Thursday dates, some Saturday daytime slots, and select Sunday evenings. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging through the platform.

Outside of work she is a dog owner and enjoys simple practices that support intentional living. Lesley aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through feelings and discover what brings purpose to their days.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps toward a meaningful life while learning to make space for difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by shifting attention to what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and moods interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or stress problems. Mindfulness-based techniques teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase awareness in daily life, useful for stress, anger, and coping with chronic pain.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit a client's needs, and adjust plans based on what helps in real life. Clients and therapist work together to choose strategies that feel useful and doable between sessions.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different needs. Video lets people maintain face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins or reflection without scheduling a full session. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into evenings, weekends, or a busy workday while using the approaches described above.