About Leva
Leva Talton is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience offering psychotherapy in Florida. She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family concerns, and grief. She also addresses intimacy issues, parenting strain, self-esteem, bipolar conditions, and compassion fatigue.
Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental. She meets each person where they are and involves them in shaping goals. Sessions focus on practical skills, mindfulness, and building tools that can be used between meetings.
Background and approach
Leva uses several evidence-based approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work. She combines these methods to suit each person’s needs rather than applying a single technique to everyone. Clients can expect clear, goal-based treatment plans created together.
Leva places emphasis on present concerns and on learning concrete strategies for coping, communication, and emotional regulation. Progress is measured against goals that matter to the person seeking help. She trained in psychology at the University of South Florida and completed a Master of Social Work in clinical social work at Columbia University.
Leva holds a Florida LCSW (FL LCSW SW18948) and provides services in English. Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that reflect personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by teaching practical ways to act despite discomfort. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) addresses unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns by teaching skills to change them, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and mood management. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift emotional responses in relationships, improving communication and intimacy.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your concerns, goals, and preferences and then recommend a mix of methods. That plan can change over time as needs evolve, with the client taking an active role in shaping the process.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face sessions from different locations and work well for deeper conversations. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and are a good option when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between visits, do short updates, or use written tools when time is limited. These options make scheduling more flexible and let therapy fit around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English