Shawndre Leydon , LMHC, LCPC

Shawndre Leydon is a licensed mental health professional based in Florida who brings five years of clinical experience to her work with adults facing a wide range of life challenges. She holds LMHC and LCPC credentials - LMHC stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor and LCPC stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - and draws on an integrative skill set to support people dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, career difficulties, OCD, ADHD, trauma, and emotional abuse.

Leydon is known for a warm, interactive approach that centers respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She avoids stigmatizing labels and instead focuses on each person’s unique strengths and circumstances, tailoring conversations and treatment plans to fit individual needs. Her practice addresses both common concerns like stress, sleep, and self-esteem and more complex issues such as grief, addiction, intimacy difficulties, and attachment-related challenges.

Clinically, Leydon blends evidence-informed methods with a human-centered stance, helping clients build practical skills while also exploring deeper patterns that influence behavior and relationships. Her goal is to empower people to take meaningful steps toward greater well-being and more satisfying connections in their lives.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes learning to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that align with personal values - it can help people struggling with anxiety, avoidance, and difficult life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns in close connections and can be useful for addressing relationship difficulties, abandonment concerns, and attachment issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replacing them with more effective strategies - it is often used for depression, anxiety, OCD, and stress-related problems.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Leydon works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and practical needs, then adapts techniques from these therapies to create a tailored plan that fits the individual.

Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule or to connect from different locations. These formats support ongoing skill-building, regular check-ins, and consistent therapeutic momentum while allowing therapists and clients to focus on what works best for the client’s life and circumstances.