Leah Pace , LCSW

Leah Pace is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a Master of Social Work (MSW) from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas and about 15 years of experience in behavioral health. She has practiced across outpatient clinics, community-based programs, inpatient behavioral health hospitals, school settings, group therapy, crisis intervention, long-term care for older adults, and case management, bringing a broad understanding of systems that affect individuals and families.

Her work focuses on helping people and families reduce symptoms and improve functioning related to PTSD, depression, anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, grief, and anger. She also supports clients facing trauma and has training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). Leah combines trauma-focused methods with approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based work, motivational interviewing, solution-focused strategies, client-centered care, and other trauma-informed techniques.

Leah’s style is described as caring, direct, and client-centered, with an emphasis on practical steps that help people move toward the life they want. She approaches each person without judgment and tailors interventions to match individual needs, recognizing that different routes are sometimes required to improve quality of life. Leah works with a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and blended family challenges, LGBT-related matters, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, abandonment and adoption or foster care issues, caregiving stress, codependency, communication and commitment problems, domestic violence, and complex trauma presentations such as those involving natural or human-caused disasters or disruptive mood regulation. Her practice also addresses specialized topics like BDSM, kink, and alternative sexual culture in a respectful, nonjudgmental way.

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