About Leesa
Leesa Starrett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, and life changes. She works with individuals facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, grief, and issues like self-esteem and sleep. Her style is calm and accepting, and she focuses on practical steps people can take now.
Leesa draws on client-centered therapy to listen closely and shape sessions around each person's goals. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.
How Leesa works
Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments. She also incorporates motivational interviewing when people want to change habits like substance use or difficulty following through on goals. For relationship concerns she applies elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication and reduce recurring conflict.
Sessions emphasize simple, concrete skills people can practice between meetings. With a decade of experience, Leesa supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, career stress, ADHD-related struggles, and chronic health or caregiving burdens. She helps clients sort through family of origin issues, codependency, and decision making when facing divorce or separation.
Leesa aims to build a collaborative plan that reflects each person’s values and priorities. She offers a caring, nonjudgmental space and works step-by-step so change feels manageable rather than overwhelming.
Leesa lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Leesa works with
The areas below are the ones Leesa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Leesa's Approaches Work Online
Leesa blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients make concrete changes. Client-centered therapy means sessions begin by listening closely to what matters most and shaping plans around each person's goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve sleep.She also uses the Gottman Method for relationship concerns, teaching clear communication skills and ways to lower repeated conflict. These approaches are practical and skill-based, useful for stress, relationship problems, addiction-related decisions, and coping with life transitions. Deciding which methods to use is a shared process; the therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try approaches, and adjust plans based on what works best.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people practice communication skills face-to-face. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, skill reminders, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to get consistent support while juggling daily life.
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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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