Leonardo Custidiano
Supportive family counseling for practical change
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Format
- Online sessions
About Leonardo
Leonardo Custidiano is a licensed mental health counselor with seven years of clinical experience in Florida. He has worked in residential programs, provided family counseling for parents and teenagers, and currently offers family counseling and prevention services for families involved with the Department of Children & Families. He speaks English and Spanish and brings practical experience with addiction and mental health challenges.
His work often focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside related issues like trauma, domestic violence, and substance use.
Background and approach
He helps parents and caregivers address behavioral problems, safety concerns, and difficult life transitions. Sessions tend to center on clear goals and concrete steps families can take between meetings. Leonardo uses a flexible blend of methods to fit each person’s needs.
He may use cognitive behavioral techniques when symptoms need quick relief, and psychodynamic ideas when it’s important to understand deeper patterns. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of his approach when they match a family’s goals. He pays attention to the relationship in the room and focuses on what is happening now, while still recognizing how past experiences shape present behavior.
He works with a mix of short-term problem solving and longer-term insight, depending on what the family needs. Sessions may include skill practice, goal-setting, and discussion about safety and coping. Parents can expect straightforward guidance and a plan for change that fits their day-to-day life.
Therapeutic methods for family concerns online
CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that get in the way of daily functioning. It is useful for anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and helping family members learn practical skills for coping.DBT or Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. It can help with strong emotions, impulsivity, self-harm concerns, and improving how family members respond in heated moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Leonardo will collaborate with each family to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That planning happens together so therapy stays focused and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families. Video calls let people meet face-to-face from home, phone sessions suit those on the go, and live chat or text messaging provide ongoing check-ins and coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into school, work, and caregiving schedules while keeping progress steady.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Next step
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