About Leah
Leah Riley is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD symptoms, and depression. She writes plainly and focuses on practical steps that fit day-to-day life. Leah aims to make starting therapy feel straightforward rather than overwhelming.
In sessions she creates an open space where clients can speak without judgment. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what can be changed next.
Background and approach
Leah listens closely and then offers tools people can try between meetings. Her approach blends several well-known methods to match each person's needs. She draws from acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive tools to shift thoughts and behaviors, and client-centered listening to keep the work grounded in the client's priorities.
When needed, she also uses techniques from dialectical approaches and EMDR methods to address intense emotions or past distress. Leah has practiced for 10 years and holds an LPC credential, licensed in Alabama. That experience informs how she balances teaching skills with emotional support.
She encourages small experiments that build confidence and reduce overwhelm. People who come to her often want clearer strategies for handling strong feelings, more focus at work or home, or help rebuilding self-worth after setbacks. Leah works to make the process collaborative, practical, and paced to each person's life.
How Leah’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts without getting stuck and identify what matters to them. It focuses on small, values-driven actions to build a more meaningful day. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. This can help with anxiety, mood shifts, and workplace or parenting stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to reduce the intensity of distress tied to past events by combining focused memory work with bilateral stimulation techniques; it can be helpful when past experiences keep affecting current life.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Leah will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit the situation. The plan can change over time so techniques match what’s most useful and doable in everyday life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people shape therapy around their routines. Video calls approximate face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent with a busy schedule.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English