About Leigh
Leigh Ware is a licensed social worker in Georgia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, and major life changes. She uses a warm, respectful style to help clients build confidence and find practical ways forward. Leigh brings three decades of experience to conversations about career pressures, self-esteem, and motivation.
Her sessions focus on the individual’s needs and goals. She adapts the pace and content of talk so it fits each person.
Background and approach
Common topics include coping with trauma and abuse, managing substance use concerns, and working through workplace stress. Leigh combines straightforward skills training with reflective listening. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and from mindfulness to build calm and focus.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Clients mention practical steps and clear next actions during therapy. Leigh also addresses longer-term struggles like chronic illness, caregiver stress, feelings of isolation, and cultural or discrimination-related concerns.
She will tailor a plan that fits what matters most to the person sitting across from her. Leigh holds the Georgia Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and also lists CSW. She encourages people who are nervous about beginning to take a small next step toward support.
The first meeting is used to set goals and plan how to move forward.
How Leigh's approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the person. It helps when someone needs a safe space to talk and decide what to work on. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thinking patterns and behavior and teaches steps to reduce anxiety, manage cravings, or improve mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce stress and help with focus.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Leigh will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life and then choose or blend approaches that fit. That collaborative process can change over time as needs shift or progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for longer talk sessions and when nonverbal cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work for quick touches, ongoing support between sessions, or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical routines while still using the same therapeutic methods you would expect in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English