About Leah
Leah Petrucci is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 20 years in mental health and social work. She helps people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, relationship problems, grief, and issues related to addiction and trauma. Leah keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented.
She listens first, then helps people set clear steps they can try between meetings. Leah uses plain language and works to build trust so clients feel comfortable talking about hard topics.
Background and approach
Her work covers many concerns including bipolar and depressive disorders, trauma and PTSD, intimacy and codependency, chronic pain and illness, and caregiver stress. She also supports people facing life transitions, abandonment and attachment issues, blended family strain, and recovery after divorce or breakup. Leah draws on a mix of approaches rather than one fixed method.
She combines attachment-based ideas, client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical strategies, and the Gottman Method when relationship work is needed. She can also suggest mutual-support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous or Overeaters Anonymous if that fits a client’s goals. Leah values collaboration and tailors plans to each person’s needs.
She can work with people who are using medication-assisted treatment such as Suboxone or Methadone and pairs therapy with other supports when appropriate. Her aim is practical help for everyday challenges, not jargon or quick fixes.
Approach, Online Options, and What They Help With
Leah commonly draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps with anxiety, attachment injuries, and relationship trust issues by exploring connection and boundaries. Client-Centered Therapy is another foundation she uses; it prioritizes the person’s own goals and pace so conversations stay focused on what matters most to the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used for practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and can be helpful for anxiety and depression.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Leah collaborates with each person to decide which methods to use based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts plans as progress is made and encourages people to be active partners in setting treatment steps.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat work well for shorter check-ins or when a quick note is needed. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving schedules, or times when traveling to an office would be hard.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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