About Leonard
Leonard Tedesco, LCSW, supports people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. He helps clients who are struggling with relationships, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. Leonard focuses on practical steps people can take right away to feel steadier and more in control.
Leonard works from a belief that each person knows their life best. He listens without judgment and builds on a person’s existing strengths. Sessions are aimed at helping people find clearer thinking and more helpful patterns of behavior.
Background and approach
He uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions focused on the client’s priorities. That approach emphasizes listening, understanding, and working at the client’s pace. Leonard also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions affect each other and teaches ways to shift unhelpful patterns.
Over six years in practice Leonard has helped people navigate communication problems, control struggles, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation. He also supports those seeking greater purpose and self-love. He approaches these topics with patience and straightforward tools.
Based in New York, Leonard aims to make the therapy process simple to start. He supports step-by-step change, from small shifts in daily routine to clearer ways of relating to others. The focus is on real-world changes clients can notice between sessions.
How Leonard Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Leonard uses Client-Centered Therapy to make sessions focus on what matters most to each person. That approach means he offers active listening and reflects what you say so you can sort out priorities and feel understood. It is useful when someone needs space to process grief, relationship strain, or questions about life purpose.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT involves simple exercises and experiments people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety and shift unhelpful patterns. It works well for stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem by teaching concrete skills to manage difficult moments.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Leonard will talk with you about your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. Together you can adjust the plan as you learn what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is not wanted. Live chat and text let people check in quickly or have short, flexible conversations between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping a consistent therapy process.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
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- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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