About Leah
Leah Isom is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida who helps people manage anxiety, depression, eating struggles, body image pain, trauma, and low self-esteem. She draws on practical, down-to-earth methods to help clients feel steadier day to day. Leah speaks plainly and meets people where they are in their lives.
Leah creates a calm, respectful space where people can be honest about hard things. Sessions focus on what feels most urgent, with attention to both thoughts and bodily responses.
Background and approach
She uses somatic awareness to notice how stress and trauma live in the body, and also uses talk-based skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Work in sessions often includes grounding, breath and body awareness, and simple exercises to reduce overwhelm. Leah also teaches coping tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to interrupt negative cycles.
For people struggling with eating and body image, she explores emotions, habits around food, and self-talk without judgement. Her style is warm and direct. Leah aims to help clients build small, steady changes that fit real life.
She encourages realistic goals and practices that can be used between sessions. Leah has three years of clinical experience and holds the Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, FL LMHC MH26034. She offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
Approaches that translate to online therapy
Somatic Therapy focuses on how stress and trauma show up in the body. In online sessions Leah guides awareness of sensations, breath, and gentle grounding to help reduce tension and overwhelm.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes being heard and respected. The therapist follows the client's pace and priorities, helping people feel seen while they talk through what matters most.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Leah often teaches practical steps to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits that ease anxiety and low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Leah will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts pacing and tools as therapy progresses so the plan feels useful and realistic.
Online formats make it easier to fit care into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided somatic exercises. Phone sessions offer a simpler option when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging give brief, flexible ways to check in between appointments. These options help people access consistent support without extra travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English