Leslie Rossouw
About Me
Leslie is a compassionate and creative therapist. She cares for the people she works with and works alongside people to reach their full potential at a pace and in a way that makes sense to them. Leslie uses a CBT framework, which means her work focuses on developing a deeper understanding into what may be maintaining your difficulties (why we get stuck, or why we struggle to break free from certain difficulties), and with this also focusing on discovering practical and logical solutions to our difficulties so that we can see change. So in a way therapy takes us through a journey from “why do I feel like this, or how did I end up here” to “and now that I know that, what can I do to change things”. Leslie believes strongly in the power of self-compassion (and inversely the detrimental effect of self-criticism or being too hard on ourselves).
Qualifications and Experience
Leslie is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist (CPsychol, BPS) with a Masters degree in Counselling Psychology (MSc Couns Psyc, Stellenbosch University, South Africa) with post graduate qualifications in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (PGDip, IoP King’s College, London) and Couple Therapy for Depression (CTfD practitioner and supervisor, Tavistock Relations, London). She is registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC) as well as fully accredited with the BABCP and BPS.
Areas of Specialism
Leslie specialises in CBT for anxiety disorders and depression in adults (18+) as well as couple therapy for depression. She has a personal interest in working with individuals to better understand and manage their relationships, develop their identity and tackle low self-esteem difficulties, and can work comfortably with complexity or treatment resistant presentations.
Leslie has 10 years of experience of working in the NHS (primary and secondary care services) where she has had the privilege to work alongside and receive supervision and training from world renowned experts in the field of CBT. Because of her background and experience as a Counselling Psychologist, Leslie is trained to draw on various ways of thinking about difficulties (such as person centered, solution focused, transactional analysis) which she draws on to allow her to work integratively according to what fits a client best.
Leslie is experienced in helping clients who have experienced difficulties such as:
Anxiety
Depression
Stress
Adjustment Difficulties
Loss and bereavement
Post-Natal Depression
Relationship Distress / Difficulties
Panic Attacks or Panic Disorder
Difficulties with emotional regulation and self-care
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Social anxiety and performance anxiety
Difficulties coming to terms with trauma or Post Traumatic Stress Disoder (PTSD)
General Anxiety and worry
Support with coping skills development
Low Self-esteem and assertiveness
Perfectionism
Health Anxiety
Specific Phobias
Furthermore Leslie specialises in offering CBT supervision to trainees and qualified therapists in CBT and couple therapy.
Client Group
Adults (18+)
Individuals
Couples
Therapy Mode
Face-to-face
Online
Time-limited and open-ended therapy available
