About Leonard
Leonard Uchendu offers straightforward, practical support for adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and trauma. He aims to make therapy approachable and understandable. Leonard practices in Michigan and brings eight years of experience as a licensed social worker - first as a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and now listed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
People come to him for help with sleep and eating issues, anger and self-esteem struggles, and challenges like bipolar disorder or ADHD.
Background and approach
He also works with concerns related to relationships, intimacy, communication, and blended family strains. Leonard treats grief, loss, and the aftereffects of abuse or disaster in clear, steady sessions. Leonard blends several practical therapies to fit each person.
He uses techniques from cognitive behavioral work to notice patterns, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, and attachment-focused approaches to address relationship wounds. He values client-centered conversation that keeps the person’s goals front and center. Sessions tend to focus on small, manageable steps.
Leonard helps people build coping skills, set realistic goals, and practice new ways of handling stress. He aims to make tools usable between sessions so progress feels real. Clients will find a direct, empathetic style and an emphasis on respect for cultural and personal background.
Leonard holds credentials listed as MI LMSW 6801094635 and CO LCSW CSW.09930065 and offers help in English.
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Leonard often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters most to them and take manageable steps toward those values. ACT focuses on accepting tough emotions while committing to actions that match a person’s goals, which can help with anxiety, depression, and addictions.He also uses Attachment-Based work to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people understand repeated relationship struggles, improve communication, and rebuild trust in close connections.
Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Leonard will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and how they like to learn new skills. Together they decide whether ACT, attachment work, CBT techniques, or another method fits best, and this plan can change as progress unfolds.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you see facial cues and use interactive tools, phone sessions can be a good lower-bandwidth option, and messages or live chat are useful for quick check-ins or shorter skill practice between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules shift.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Colorado
- Languages
- English