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Leah Pace

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Leah Pace, LCSW

Louisiana

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Family and relationship concerns

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About

  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Parenting stress
  • CBT and EMDR methods

About Leah

Leah Pace is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Louisiana with 15 years of clinical experience. She has worked across outpatient clinics, inpatient behavioral health, schools, group therapy, crisis intervention, and long-term care. Her practice focuses on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, mood issues, anxiety, grief, and related matters.

Leah helps people manage symptoms of PTSD, depression, and anxiety. She also supports folks dealing with anger, intimacy struggles, self-esteem, and the practical strain of parenting. Her background includes work with older adults and people experiencing caregiver stress, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, and domestic violence recovery.

Her approach is straightforward and client-centered. She combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and mindfulness-based methods to address emotional pain and patterns that keep people stuck. Sessions typically mix short-term skills work with deeper processing when needed.

Leah aims to be direct and nonjudgmental in sessions. She focuses on helping people identify steps they can take at home to reduce stress and improve communication. That might mean practicing new ways to respond to anger, testing small behavior changes, or using grounding tools after a flashback.

People who come for help often want practical strategies they can use between sessions. Leah draws on past work in crisis and long-term care to support caregivers, those managing major life changes, and people processing loss. To begin, readers are asked to use the online intake and scheduling pathway provided by the service.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches Leah uses and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small, meaningful actions even when strong emotions are present. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress that interfere with daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change mood and functioning. CBT is useful for anger, anxiety, and low mood. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) supports processing distressing memories and can reduce the intensity of trauma reactions when people are ready to work on them.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as needed based on progress and comfort.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific online formats. Ask about the available session types and lengths when you use the matching and scheduling steps. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow for check-ins from work or home settings. Some approaches adapt well to shorter skill-focused sessions, while others, like EMDR, may be planned as longer or paced visits depending on the work involved.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseAnger managementDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

15+ years

Listed in

Louisiana

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, anxiety, grief, parenting stress, and related concerns listed on her profile.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Leah describes a direct, client-centered style. She uses practical skills, reflective conversation, and evidence-informed methods to address problems.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 15 years of experience working in outpatient, inpatient, school, group, crisis, and long-term care settings.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Louisiana.

Does she provide sessions in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions scheduled and what do they cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Check the service details for exact pricing tied to your region.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the provided system.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.

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