About Leigh
Leigh Ware is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She brings 30 years of experience to conversations about addiction, self-esteem, career struggles, and major life changes. Her approach is calm and straightforward, aimed at making the first step feel manageable.
Leigh works from a place of respect and compassion. She adapts sessions to each person's needs and focuses on practical ways to reduce worry and regain footing.
Background and approach
That can mean identifying unhelpful thought patterns, building small daily habits, or finding ways to stay motivated during recovery from substance use. Her work often includes tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to challenge negative thinking. She also uses client-centered methods that follow a person's pace and priorities.
Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are added when helpful to increase awareness and strengthen commitment to change. Sessions are offered in English and provided through a range of online formats. Leigh is licensed in Georgia as an LCSW and also holds CSW credentials.
Her long career includes helping people cope with trauma, chronic illness, loneliness, workplace stress, and questions of life purpose. Leigh encourages an open dialogue and practical problem-solving. She meets people where they are and helps set small, achievable goals.
If someone wants to begin, the process starts by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
How Leigh blends therapeutic tools for online care
Leigh draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT often focuses on small experiments and daily habits to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also uses client-centered therapy which places the individual's goals and timing at the center of sessions. That approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and adapting the work to each person's priorities.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Leigh will talk with a client about goals and preferences and then choose or combine methods that make sense. This collaborative process helps people try practical techniques and adjust them as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for longer therapeutic conversations, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support short check-ins or ongoing reinforcement between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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