Leanne Goth
Calm, practical support for life and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- MN Psychologist-Master LP4081
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Leanne
Leanne Goth is a licensed psychologist in Minnesota with 24 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and a wide range of life changes. Her approach aims to make speaking about hard things feel easier and less scary.
She presents herself as calm, compassionate, and motivating when people need steady support. In sessions she creates a welcoming space for sharing thoughts and emotions without judgment.
Background and approach
She helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, doable steps toward change. Practical skills and honest conversation are common parts of her work. She also pays attention to issues like health anxiety and the experiences of male survivors of sexual abuse.
Her trainings include methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Client-Centered Therapy. She uses these tools to tailor work to each person’s needs and goals. Her style blends calm listening with practical suggestions.
Leanne aims to help people regain hope after crisis and to encourage steady progress. She partners with clients to set realistic goals and build coping skills that fit everyday life. The focus is on real changes that improve daily functioning and relationships.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided through online formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She holds the credential MN Psychologist-Master LP4081.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and commit to actions aligned with those values. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions by teaching acceptance and values-based steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It breaks problems into manageable parts and teaches skills for mood, sleep, and coping with difficult situations. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and understanding without judgment, creating space for people to explore their feelings at their own pace.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Leanne will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She often blends methods and adjusts them as progress and needs change, so the plan can evolve with the client.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different life demands. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions remove travel barriers; live chat and text-based messaging let people check in or work through moments between meetings. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and practice new skills in real time.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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