Wendy Leonard , LMHC

Wendy Leonard is a licensed mental health counselor with 40 years of professional experience in New York. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and anxiety and to rebuild confidence. She listens for what is already working and helps people find steps they can actually use. Taking the first step toward change often feels hard, and she aims to make that step manageable.

Wendy emphasizes clients' strengths and life experience. She helps people cope with grief and loss, face career challenges, and handle major life changes. Her work also addresses issues that commonly affect women, such as life transitions and role strain. She supports people dealing with chronic illness, cancer, traumatic brain injury, and the isolation that can follow health struggles.

Over her career she has worked with concerns related to aging and geriatric matters, intellectual disability, and autism and Asperger syndrome. She also helps those struggling with workplace stress, questions of life purpose, and challenges common to young adults. Her approach stays practical and goal-oriented, aimed at small, useful changes.

Sessions are straightforward and focused on what clients want to achieve. Wendy uses a collaborative style that centers the client's priorities. She encourages simple experiments and follow-through so progress can be noticed between meetings.

People who want a down-to-earth counselor who values their expertise in their own life may find her style a good fit. She offers help in English and works with clients both in New York and internationally through online formats.

Solution-Focused Work Online and How It Helps

Solution-Focused Therapy centers on identifying practical steps that lead toward a client's goals. It focuses on what is already working in a person's life and builds on those strengths to create change. This approach suits people facing stress, anxiety, grief, career decisions, and life transitions because it stays brief and action oriented.

Wendy applies a collaborative method to find the best fit for each person. She listens to what matters most, then tailors session goals and small experiments to the client's priorities. Figuring out the right approach is a team effort and can shift as needs change over time.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief touch points, ongoing support between sessions, or for those who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, medical care, or caregiving schedules while keeping the focus on real-world progress.