Ann Leonard , LCSW, LICSW

Ann Leonard brings 18 years of clinical experience to her work helping people build healthier relationships with themselves and others. Trained at the University of Southern California School of Social Work, she integrates a tailored selection of professional skills to address each person’s unique needs. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials - LCSW meaning Licensed Clinical Social Worker and LICSW indicating independent clinical social work licensure - reflecting her advanced training and state licensure.

Known for a direct and interactive style, she often works with individuals impacted by trauma, those navigating career or personal relationship challenges, and people exploring their life’s direction. Her practice emphasizes a respectful, emotionally supportive therapeutic relationship that promotes clearer self-understanding and a stronger sense of place in the world.

Therapy with her is collaborative and goal oriented: she helps clients identify and clarify personal objectives, builds practical skills, and monitors progress toward meaningful change. Throughout the work she honors each person’s strengths and life experience, celebrating who they are while supporting steps toward their goals.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Ann Leonard uses approaches that help people understand relationships, past influences, and the impact of trauma. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns - it helps people build more secure connections and improve how they relate to others. Psychodynamic Therapy explores underlying emotions, repeated life themes, and unconscious patterns to increase self-awareness and reduce the influence of past dynamics on present choices. Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the effects of traumatic experiences by providing strategies to process distressing memories and regain a sense of stability and control.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Ann works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what feels most helpful and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility by allowing sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, maintain continuity when travel or scheduling conflicts arise, and allow people to work with licensed professionals from their preferred location.