Support for Individuals & Couples
Navigating Change • Improving Relationships • Healing From the Past
About Me
Hi, I’m Leighla
I believe therapy works best when you feel understood and have someone actively engaged in the process with you. My style is warm and direct. I’ll listen closely, ask questions, offer feedback, and help you look at things from different angles.
I came to this work with more than a decade of experience in corporate leadership and plenty of life experience outside the therapy room. I’m a wife, a mom, and I’ve also experienced therapy from the client side. Those experiences shape the perspective I bring to my work and my appreciation for how complicated people, relationships, and life can be.
My approach is grounded in attachment and trauma-informed care and integrates IFS, EMDR, ACT, EFCT, and other evidence-based therapies. I’m engaged in the work and care about helping you make progress toward what matters most.
The Work Behind My Work
Training & Qualifications
Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy
Graduate clinical education in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, relational concerns, and other mental health conditions, including evidence-based individual, couples, and family therapy approaches
Internal Family Systems (IFS) — IFS Institute — 90 hours
Experiential, parts-based therapy training for trauma, attachment, and emotional healing
Expected completion 2026
EMDR Trained — EMDRIA — 50 hours
Trauma-focused therapy experiential training for processing distressing experiences
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) — 48 hours
Attachment-based couples therapy experiential training
Expected completion 2026
Gottman Method Couples Therapy — 30 hours
Research-based couples therapy experiential training
Cognitive Processing Therapy — 13 hours
Evidence-based cognitive therapy training for PTSD and trauma-related symptoms
Independent Clinical Study — 750+ estimated hours · ongoing
Ongoing study of clinical research, books, treatment literature, and evidence-based approaches related to anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and other mental health concerns
Personal Therapy & Experiential Work — 200+ hours · ongoing
As a trauma survivor, I have spent years engaged in my own therapeutic work focused on healing, attachment, self-awareness, and personal growth
Additional Clinical Training
IFS, Complex Trauma & Attachment — PESI
Continuing education in IFS applications, complex PTSD, trauma, and attachment wounds
Strategies to Help Clients Process Grief & Loss — NICABM — 7.75 hours
Foundations of Trauma-Informed Therapy Practices — Elevate Continuing Education
Autistic-Affirming ERP for OCD Training — Diverge Counseling — 3.25 hours
