About Leah
Leah Isom is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, eating concerns, body image worries, trauma, and self-esteem struggles. She writes and speaks plainly in sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use between meetings. Leah builds a warm, person-centered space where people feel heard and respected.
Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and to make small changes that add up. She listens first and works at each person's pace.
How Leah works
Her style blends client-centered care with tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new coping skills, and practice emotional regulation. Mindfulness and somatic techniques are added when body-focused work feels right.
Leah is direct and encouraging in session. She suggests simple exercises to try between meetings and checks in about what does and does not help. The work is collaborative and goal-oriented without pressure to move faster than someone is ready for.
With three years of clinical experience, Leah brings a calm, steady presence to work on issues like dissociation, impulse concerns, panic, postpartum mood changes, guilt and shame, and obsessive thoughts. She supports people who want clearer boundaries, stronger self-love, and more reliable coping skills.
Leah lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Leah works with
The areas below are the ones Leah selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building trust. Online sessions use that same tone to help people feel understood and to set goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and gives practical exercises to try between meetings for things like anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance, which can help with impulsivity, self-harm urges, and panic symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Leah will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then suggest methods to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust the plan if something does not fit.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging lets people pick what works best for their schedule and energy. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can be used for brief check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep steady progress while fitting sessions into daily life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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