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Online therapist

Leah Pace

Calm, practical help for family challenges

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
15 years
Licensed in
Louisiana
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Leah

Leah Pace is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience. She earned her Master of Social Work degree and has spent over a decade in varied behavioral health roles. Leah focuses on practical steps that help people manage hard moments and move toward clearer goals.

She writes with a direct, caring tone and aims to make therapy feel doable for busy families. Leah’s background spans outpatient clinics, inpatient behavioral health, school settings, group therapy, crisis work, long-term care for older adults, and case management.

Background and approach

This range gave her many tools for supporting people through grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, anger, and relationship concerns. She has trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, also called EMDR, and uses that where trauma work calls for it. When meeting with Leah, clients can expect a straightforward and nonjudgmental approach.

She centers conversations on what matters most to the person in front of her. Sessions balance listening with practical suggestions and moments to try new ways of coping. Parents looking for family-focused help will find her oriented toward improving the system around a person rather than blaming one member.

Leah often looks at communication patterns, boundaries, and routines as places to start making change. She mixes acceptance-based work, mindfulness strategies, and cognitive-behavioral tools in simple language. Leah aims to help people notice what matters, shift unhelpful patterns, and build small steps that add up to real change.

How Leah’s Approaches Translate Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. Online sessions can use ACT exercises and values work to guide decision-making and reduce avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. In virtual sessions Leah can teach simple CBT tools for mood, anxiety, and stress management. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps process distressing memories through guided bilateral stimulation and narrative work; components of EMDR can be adapted to remote formats when appropriate.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Leah treats this as a collaboration - she listens to concerns, suggests options, and adjusts methods based on the client's goals and preferences. Together they decide which tools to try first and revisit the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. People can meet by video or phone when their schedules are tight, or use live chat and text-based messaging for check-ins and short exchanges between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit regular therapy into busy family lives while still using ACT, CBT, and EMDR-informed techniques in each encounter.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Leah address?
She works with a broad range of issues including relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, stress, anxiety, grief, parenting, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is caring and direct and leans toward client-centered work. She combines listening with practical tools and clear next steps.
What kind of experience does she bring?
Leah brings 15 years of practice across outpatient clinics, inpatient behavioral health, school-based programs, group therapy, crisis intervention, long-term care, and case management.
What credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, credential LA LCSW 13911, and practices in Louisiana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online therapy.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
15 years
Licensed
Louisiana
Languages
English

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