About Leonard
Leonard Hargrave is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Texas. He offers calm, straightforward help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, or depression. He listens first and helps people name the problem.
Sessions focus on practical steps clients can try between meetings. Leonard draws on many years of hands-on experience to guide conversations toward clearer choices and better day-to-day coping. Over a long career Leonard has worked with a wide range of issues, including attachment and abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care questions, blended family challenges, and communication problems.
How Leonard works
He also supports people facing body image or sexual identity questions, including those connected to BDSM and kink, and those dealing with chronic illness, caregiving strain, or cancer-related stress. His work addresses codependency, commitment and control issues, chronic pain and co-morbidity, and ways to cope with natural or human-caused disasters.
Leonard combines practical problem solving with steady emotional support to help people make meaningful changes. People who choose him can expect straightforward conversations, clear goals, and a focus on workable strategies. He brings 34 years of clinical experience as an LMFT to each session and tailors his efforts to the needs people bring to therapy.
What Leonard works with
The areas below are the ones Leonard 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
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 34 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Leonard uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical work in sessions. One approach concentrates on improving communication and relationship patterns by identifying unhelpful cycles and practicing new ways of interacting; this can help with commitment, communication, and blended family concerns. Another approach targets emotional regulation and coping skills, teaching short, concrete strategies to manage anxiety, stress, or depressive moods so people can function better day to day.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Leonard will talk with each person about their goals, personal history, and what has or hasn’t helped before to decide which techniques to try first. He adjusts methods as therapy progresses so the plan fits the client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth permits, phone sessions work well when a quieter or less visual check-in is needed, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats offer flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or health demands and make it easier to keep therapy consistent over time.
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