About Leonard
Leonard Hargrave is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with decades of clinical experience. He supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strains, and low self-esteem. He also works with clients facing depression and family-related concerns.
Leonard brings 34 years of practice in Texas to his work. He draws on approaches rooted in evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings to manage symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
Clients can expect a direct and straightforward style. Conversations tend to center on clear goals, problem-solving, and improving communication. Leonard pays attention to issues such as abandonment, attachment, and blended family dynamics when they come up in therapy.
He also addresses topics that affect body and identity, including body image and aspects of alternative sexual culture such as BDSM and kink when relevant. Health-related challenges like chronic illness, cancer, caregiving stress, and chronic pain are included in his scope of work. Leonard is familiar with codependency, commitment difficulties, control issues, and coping after natural or human-caused disasters.
He aims to help people build coping strategies, strengthen relationships, and regain a sense of agency.
Evidence-based approaches for online anxiety and relationship work
Leonard uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions and help people manage anxiety and relationship strain. One common approach focuses on learning practical skills for managing worry and stress, such as breathing and activity planning, to reduce daily symptoms and increase coping. Another approach centers on improving communication patterns and problem-solving between people, helping to reduce conflict and build clearer expectations.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Leonard will discuss options, try methods that fit your goals, and adjust based on what helps. This is a collaborative process where client preferences and needs shape the plan.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let you use visual cues and a fuller conversation, phone sessions can fit a short break or use less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can work for quick check-ins or times when typing feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to connect from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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