Leigh-Anne Husted , LCSW

Leigh-Anne Husted is a licensed clinical social worker who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, addiction concerns, trauma and issues related to LGBT identity. She helps with parenting challenges, career transitions, self-esteem and coping with major life changes. Her work also addresses compassion fatigue and caregiver stress.

Leigh-Anne draws on 11 years of hands-on experience in community and residential settings. She spent much of her career helping at-risk youth and young adults in schools, residential care programs, wilderness therapy, and outreach to people experiencing homelessness. That background informs how she notices patterns and offers practical steps.

In sessions she focuses on real problems and small steps that make life easier. Conversations look at how past relationships shape current reactions, how thoughts affect mood, and what skills can reduce emotional overwhelm. She uses straightforward language and measurable goals so progress is clear.

Her approach blends attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior tools, and mindfulness practices. These methods are used flexibly to match what each person needs and prefers.

Leigh-Anne holds a Master of Social Work from Florida State University and is licensed as an LCSW in Florida and Utah. She works in Florida and conducts sessions in English.

How her approaches shape online care

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current patterns and helps people notice and change those patterns in everyday life. It can be useful for relationship worries, abandonment concerns, and attachment issues. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world experiments to reduce anxiety and low mood. It often helps with stress, depression, and coping skills. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase tolerance for difficult feelings, which pairs well with work on compassion fatigue and caregiver stress.

Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan based on what works. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize skills training, reflective attachment work, or mindfulness practices.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises that mimic in-person sessions. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, homework sharing, and between-session support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work even during moves or transitions.