About Ramona
Ramona Leonards is an LPC with 30 years of experience working in community mental health in Texas. She offers a warm, interactive approach that focuses on the person rather than a diagnosis. Her style aims to make people feel respected and heard when stress or anxiety feels overwhelming.
She has worked with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship problems, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She has supported people experiencing gender identity or LGBT concerns and those on the autism spectrum navigating the move to adulthood. Her caseload has also included mood disorders, bipolar concerns, and issues like self-harm and sexual assault recovery. Ramona uses several approaches to tailor care to each person.
She blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral techniques and emotionally-focused ideas. Mindfulness and solution-focused strategies are also part of her toolbox and are chosen to match what each person needs in a given moment. Her background is mainly in nonprofit community agencies, where she spent much of her career serving under-served populations.
That experience shaped her practical focus on everyday problems, coping with life changes, and hands-on skills people can use between sessions. People working with Ramona can expect conversational sessions that aim to build coping skills, clarify goals, and reduce the daily impact of anxiety and stress. She helps people take small steps toward greater confidence and clearer direction.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Ramona draws on client-centered therapy to build a respectful, collaborative space where people set the direction of sessions. This approach helps when someone needs listening, validation, and practical support to make changes in daily life.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and develop concrete skills for anxiety, mood, and stress. CBT exercises often translate well to video or text work because they can include short homework tasks and clear skill practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which combination of methods fits their goals and preferences. That makes sessions feel more relevant and helps focus on achievable steps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or when a shorter, written exchange fits into a busy day. These options make it easier to schedule ongoing work around school, work, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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