Leesa Starrett, LPC

Leesa Starrett is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions aim to find practical steps clients can try between meetings to ease daily strain.

Leesa uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of responding. She also brings client-centered care, which means sessions follow the person’s priorities and pace. Mindfulness practices are woven in to help with sleep, intrusive thoughts, and emotional regulation.

Her work covers relationship and communication problems, parenting strain, grief, addiction concerns, career stress, and ADHD-related struggles. She pays attention to caregiver stress, chronic illness challenges, and issues that come up around aging and life purpose. Those coping with hoarding, codependency, or family-of-origin wounds can also find focused support.

Leesa draws on ten years of experience and holds the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor. She provides straightforward, goal-focused sessions that match each person’s needs. Counseling plans are practical and shaped together in session.

Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space where small changes are encouraged and practiced. The emphasis is on identifying doable steps, improving communication, and building tolerance for hard feelings. Leesa aims to help people move from feeling stuck to having clearer choices for their next steps.

How therapy methods translate to online care

Leesa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change patterns that cause stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening-based approach so sessions follow the person’s goals and pace.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick strategies that match their goals, needs, and comfort with different tools. That might mean mixing thought-focused work, mindfulness exercises, or communication practice depending on what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and skills practice that benefit from seeing facial cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging help with shorter check-ins, daily accountability, and brief coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around caregiving, work, or health concerns.