Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Leah works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Leah
Leah Goodman is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life changes. She welcomes conversations about anger, stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, and relationship concerns in clear, practical terms. Leah focuses on building skills people can use right away.
She listens closely, helps name what is happening, and practices small steps toward different responses. Sessions often include emotion work, short exercises, and strategies to reduce reactivity and improve communication.
Background and approach
Her approach combines attachment-based ideas with client-centered care and elements of emotionally-focused therapy. She uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns, find motivation for change, and try new behaviors. The work aims to strengthen relationships with self and others while reducing overwhelm.
Leah has worked in Florida settings across caregiving, workplace stress, and life transitions. She brings practical experience with blended families, aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life conversations, and cancer-related stress. Her background also includes helping people facing personality challenges, narcissism, and compassion fatigue.
People who prefer a straightforward, compassionate guide tend to do well with her. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so therapy can fit into a busy life. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What Leah works with
Everything Leah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Leah's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Leah lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach and online therapy that fits your life
Attachment-based work looks at how early connections shape current relationships and emotional patterns. Leah uses this to help people understand why they react a certain way and to find new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective.Client-centered therapy centers conversations on the person's experience and goals. Sessions follow the client's pace, with Leah reflecting what she hears, asking clarifying questions, and helping people discover their own next steps. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify core emotions and the interaction patterns that keep problems going; it can be useful for strengthening emotional awareness and improving closeness in relationships.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. Leah discusses options with each person and adapts methods based on their goals, comfort, and progress. She aims to be collaborative, helping clients choose exercises and tools that feel manageable and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make ongoing work easier to fit in. Video is useful for deeper conversation and emotional work, phone can be a simpler check-in, and messaging suits brief updates or between-session support. These options help people maintain steady progress while balancing work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Leah
What kinds of concerns does Leah address?
She works with a range of issues including stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, depression, relationship and intimacy-related difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stresses, anger, career challenges, bipolar-related concerns, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on noticing patterns, practicing small changes, and building coping skills using attachment-based, client-centered, and emotionally-focused methods mixed with mindfulness and motivational interviewing.
What is her professional background?
Leah has 20 years of clinical experience working in Florida settings with people facing caregiving stress, workplace difficulties, blended family concerns, and end-of-life issues.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and practices in Florida.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and Leah accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist matching, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.