About Leah
Leah Alviar is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Leah draws on many years of counseling work to support clients as they figure out what to change and how to move forward.
Leah holds a Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership and a master’s degree in counseling.
Background and approach
She has more than two decades of experience in school and higher education settings and in clinical roles. That background shapes a calm, organized approach to problem solving. Her style combines client-centered listening with solution-focused strategies and cognitive behavioral techniques when helpful.
Sessions often begin with identifying one or two small, achievable goals. Leah then and helps people try concrete steps and checks what works next. She has led counseling programs, taught graduate counseling courses, presented at conferences, and edited doctoral work.
That mix of leadership and classroom work informs how she structures sessions and explains options. Leah adapts methods to fit each person’s needs rather than following a single script. Outside of work she lives in Texas with her husband and three sons.
She enjoys ultrarunning, skydiving, quilting, fishing, and family time. Those personal interests contribute to a down-to-earth manner in sessions.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Leah commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people find their own answers; it is useful when someone needs validation and a space to sort feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, low mood, and stress.She also uses solution-focused therapy to set short-term goals and identify small steps that lead to change. This approach is goal-oriented and useful when someone wants concrete progress in a limited time frame. Finding the right approach is collaborative - the therapist and client discuss needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods as they go.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a check-in fits a lunch break. Live chat and text messaging let people send short updates or work through brief concerns between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping focus on practical strategies and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English