Leslie Patt, LMFT

Leslie Patt is a California-based licensed therapist with more than 30 years of professional experience guiding individuals, couples, and families through complex life challenges. As an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - he brings deep experience in relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related difficulties. He has worked extensively with children, teens, and families in settings such as the Department of Mental Health, Child Protective Services, and an adult psychiatric unit, developing practical skills for crisis intervention and long-term recovery.

Across his career Leslie has also supported clients facing end-of-life and caregiving stresses. He provided round-the-clock care for his mother during her final four years and later cared for a couple in their 90s, collaborating with hospice teams to address emotional and practical needs at life’s end. Those experiences inform his focus on caregiver issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and the particular strains that accompany long-term family care.

Leslie approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and he adapts therapeutic dialogue and treatment plans to each individual or family’s specific circumstances. When faith or spirituality is relevant he integrates those concerns thoughtfully; if it is not relevant he does not introduce it. He is a male therapist licensed to provide services only to clients located in California during sessions. Taking the initial step toward therapy can be difficult, and he recognizes the courage that decision requires while offering steady support through the process.