About Leah
Leah Petrucci is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor working in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction-related concerns, relationship problems, trauma, and grief. She also supports people facing depression, intimacy struggles, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem issues, and the effects of life changes and compassion fatigue.
Leah has two decades of experience in mental health and social work and brings that background to each session. Leah’s approach is practical and collaborative.
Background and approach
She listens first and then helps people set clear, manageable goals. Sessions focus on daily coping skills, improving communication, and building healthier routines that fit into real life. She blends straightforward strategies with attention to how relationships and attachment patterns shape behavior.
Her work draws from several approaches, including attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior skills, client-centered methods, and the Gottman Method for relationship work. Leah also integrates holistic perspectives that consider mind, body, spirit, and relationships when clients want that included.
Leah has particular experience with substance use recovery and is familiar with Medication Assisted Therapy like Suboxone and Methadone, as well as 12-step and mutual support groups. She typically supports people after they have completed detox or a formal program when ongoing sobriety work is needed. Leah aims to build a strong working relationship with each person.
She tailors sessions to a person’s values and goals and discusses options like mindfulness, behavioral strategies, and relational skills to find the best path forward.
Therapeutic approaches and online flexibility
Leah uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early relationship patterns affect current problems and intimacy. This approach often helps when communication gets stuck or when past hurts repeat in new relationships. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. CBT is practical and skill-based, useful for everyday problems and mood management.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Leah will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. The process is collaborative, with regular check-ins to see what is helping and what should change.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people pick the format that fits their routine. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and using visual tools. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or to fit a quick check-in during a break. Text or chat can support short check-ins, skill practice, or when someone prefers writing between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or health needs while working with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English