Leslie Ralph, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)

Psychologist

Identities

  • Cis woman
  • Straight/heterosexual
  • White
  • Spiritual 

Language

English

Education & License

Leslie is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Arizona. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN., and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Texas Tech University.

Treatment Teams

  • Counseling
  • Couples
  • Eating Disorders

Role at CAPS

Leslie provides individual and couple's counseling at CAPS. She is a group and workshop facilitator and a member of the group committee, eating disorder treatment team, Stronger Than resilience initiative team, CAPS/HPPS collaboration group, and the CAPS program evaluation team. She's been a counselor at CAPS since 2011.

Specialty Populations

Couples

Specialty Areas

  • Anxiety
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Non-Suicidal Self-Injury/Self-Harm
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic
  • Peer Relationships
  • Performance and Test Anxiety
  • Phobias
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sleep or Insomnia
  • Social Anxiety
  • Suicidal Ideation

Treatment Approach

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Compassion-Based
  • Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping)
  • Exposure
  • Exposure and Response Prevention
  • Mindfulness
  • Narrative
  • Positive Psychology

Professional Interests

Leslie specializes in the treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, body image and eating disorders, adjustment, and phase of life problems. She has a special interest in internal family systems, mindfulness, self-compassion, visualization and self-hypnosis, emotional freedom technique (tapping), self-affirmation, and teaching wellness-supporting behaviors.

Personal Interests

Leslie is an avid curator of books and music. She enjoys creative writing, digital artwork, and indie book publishing, cooking, running, yoga, meditation, and exploring the parks of Tucson with her children. Hers is also the house with all the animals. Currently, she shares her home with 4 cats, 3 geckos, 1 chameleon, 1 Asian forest scorpion, and 3 aquariums.