About Wendy
Wendy Leonard uses a practical, solution-focused approach to help people move past what holds them back. She is a New York licensed mental health counselor with 40 years of experience in clinical work. Wendy keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented so progress is easy to track.
She helps with stress and anxiety, and with grief and loss. She often works on motivation, self-esteem, and confidence, and conversations about career concerns and coping with life changes are common in her practice.
How Wendy works
Wendy believes each person brings strengths that can be used to overcome hard moments. She treats clients as experts in their own lives and helps them notice small shifts that lead to bigger change. Her style is collaborative and focused on practical steps that fit daily life.
Across her career she has supported people facing aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, cancer, chronic pain, illness and disability, and intellectual disability. She also works with those dealing with isolation and loneliness, life purpose questions, traumatic brain injury, women's issues, workplace stress, and young adult concerns. Sessions aim to be direct and useful.
Wendy helps set clear goals, identifies what is already working, and builds on those strengths. The emphasis is on what clients can do between sessions to feel more capable and steady.
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What Wendy works with
The areas below are the ones Wendy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Solution-Focused Care Delivered Online
Solution-Focused Therapy focuses on small, practical steps that lead to change. The work begins by identifying strengths and exceptions to the problem, then setting concrete goals and testing quick experiments between sessions. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, career decisions, and coping with life changes where clear next steps can reduce overwhelm.Wendy treats therapy as a collaboration. She will work with each person to decide whether a solution-focused style fits their needs and goals. Together they set priorities, try short-term strategies, and adjust the plan if something is not working.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support shorter updates and ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while keeping the focus on practical steps and real progress.
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