Lesa Leiden is a licensed therapist who helps people facing relationship and family stresses.
01About Lesa
Lesa Leiden is a licensed therapist who helps people facing relationship and family stresses. She works with individuals dealing with intimacy concerns, parenting strain, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and life changes. Lesa also supports people managing ADHD, self-esteem struggles, and the challenges of caregiving or chronic illness.
Lesa brings 21 years of clinical experience to her work and holds LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) credentials.
Background and approach
She keeps sessions direct and compassionate, offering a steady presence when people feel overwhelmed. Conversations focus on practical steps, clearer communication, and ways to cope day to day. Her approach blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness.
She also draws on relationship tools from the Gottman Method and insights from Jungian ideas when they fit a client's goals. That mix helps people identify patterns, manage strong emotions, and try new ways of relating. Lesa commonly addresses relationship issues like infidelity, jealousy, commitment concerns, and blended family dynamics.
She also works with fertility-related stress, grief after loss, and the tensions that come with midlife transitions and finding life purpose. Sessions prioritize clear goals and manageable steps. Lesa supports clients who are navigating divorce or separation, exploring non-monogamous relationship structures like polyamory, or seeking understanding around BDSM and kink in their relationships.
Her style is steady, practical, and tuned to each person’s needs.
02Credentials
- LPC (Oregon)
- License c3835 · expires May 2027
- LMHC (Florida)
- License MH27262 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1275906307 · national provider identifier
Both are public records. A state board register will confirm a license and its standing, and the national registry will confirm an NPI. This directory copies what the counselor lists and checks neither.
03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lesa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Methods Lesa names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
These are the methods Lesa names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
04Online support
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Lesa combines client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and relationship work from the Gottman Method. Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a trusting working relationship to explore goals and values. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. The Gottman Method offers concrete communication skills and exercises for repairing trust and improving day-to-day interactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to match methods to your goals, preferences, and the problems you bring. Together you set clear aims, try techniques in real life, and adjust the plan as needed so therapy stays useful and practical.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins or work between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and make it easier to keep progress going even when life is hectic.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Lesa focus on?
She supports people with relationship and family issues, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, ADHD, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is grounded and client-centered, combining attentive listening with practical steps to improve communication and daily coping.
What is her professional background?
Lesa has 21 years of clinical experience working with individuals on relationship and life transition concerns.
Which credentials and region apply to her practice?
She holds LPC and LMHC credentials and provides services based in Oregon.
Can sessions be held in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.
More counselors in Oregon
See all
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship and 13 more
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Depression and 13 more
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem and 2 more
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family and 2 more
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.