About Leonard
Leonard Blake is a counsellor with five years of practice experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety and other life challenges. He offers straightforward, conversational support for issues such as depression, trauma, addictions and relationship strain. He also works with problems like grief, parenting stress, eating concerns, anger and self-esteem.
Leonard uses a mix of practical and reflective techniques to help people find clearer next steps. He draws on an existential viewpoint to understand how a person's world feels to them and what matters most.
Background and approach
From there he blends client-centred listening with cognitive tools to tackle unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Emotionally-focused ideas guide conversations about connection and intimacy when relationships are causing pain. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to the individual's needs.
He uses simple exercises and conversational reflection rather than technical jargon. People can expect to look at present feelings, past influences and practical steps they can try between sessions. Leonard is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
That appears as his listed professional credential. He works from the United Kingdom and offers support in English. He has experience working with clients referred from national agencies as well as personal clients.
That background informs a flexible approach that adapts to different situations and needs. The focus is on helping people move from stuck to more able to cope and flourish.
Therapeutic approaches you can work with online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and emotional responses. It helps people understand patterns in closeness and trust and can be useful for intimacy and communication issues.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting without judgement. It gives space for people to explore feelings and find their own solutions, which works well for anxiety, grief and self-esteem concerns.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, uses structured work to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behaviour changes. It often includes exercises you can practise between sessions to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Leonard will discuss options and try methods that match someone’s goals, needs and preferences. Decisions about what to try are made collaboratively and can change as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls let people use visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work, chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins and written reflection. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- 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
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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