About Leigh
Leigh Ann Drew is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and parenting challenges. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away and listens closely to what matters most to each person. She combines client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice patterns and try different responses.
That work often includes mindfulness practices to calm racing thoughts and attachment-based ideas to understand close relationships.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to make change. In sessions she keeps language simple and direct. People can expect short-term tools like coping skills and longer-term work on beliefs and relationships.
The approach is collaborative - goals come from the person seeking help rather than a preset plan. Leigh Ann brings experience from varied settings across Florida and has supported people facing trauma, depression, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and challenges linked to adoption, caregiving, and aging. She also works with concerns related to autism spectrum traits, attachment difficulties, and post-traumatic stress.
Therapy can include coaching-style conversations focused on goals, or deeper emotional processing when that is needed. Sessions aim to leave people with clearer steps, less overwhelm, and more confidence in daily life.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Leigh Ann commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on active listening and building goals based on what matters to the individual, which helps people feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and day-to-day overwhelm.She also draws on mindfulness practices to help calm attention and on attachment-based ideas to improve close relationships. Together these approaches give options for brief skill-building or deeper reflection. Determining the right mix is a collaborative process during the first sessions - she will work with the person seeking help to set goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this style of work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill practice and emotional work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, ongoing coaching, or a way to keep progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue momentum on agreed goals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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