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Ramona Leonards

Calm, practical care for life transitions

LPC Texas

Experience
30 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Ramona

Ramona Leonards is an LPC with three decades of experience working in community mental health in San Antonio and across Texas. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside client-centered and emotionally-focused approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood disorders, and grief.

Background and approach

Her practice emphasizes practical skills for coping with life changes while attending to the person behind the presenting concerns. Ramona has worked in nonprofit agency settings serving under-resourced communities and has experience with a broad range of issues including depression, bipolar and other mood disorders, trauma and abuse, sexual assault, and post-traumatic stress.

She has supported people navigating gender dysphoria and LGBT-related concerns, assisted those on the autism spectrum with transitions to greater independence, and addressed challenges such as parenting, relationship conflict, anger, and compassion fatigue. Her style is described as warm and interactive, focused on respect and compassion rather than labels.

She tailors conversations and treatment plans to each individual's needs, combining evidence-informed methods like CBT, mindfulness, solution-focused strategies, and emotionally-focused practices to help clients move toward their personal goals.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Ramona incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Client-Centered Therapy into her online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and mood disorders, offering concrete strategies and skills to manage daily challenges. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and collaboration, creating space for clients to explore feelings and values while the therapist follows the client's lead and supports personal growth.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Ramona works with each person to assess their needs, preferences, and goals and then tailors a plan that may draw from CBT, client-centered work, or other methods such as emotionally-focused or mindfulness practices. This flexibility helps ensure the approach aligns with what the client hopes to accomplish.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain continuity through transitions. These options allow for regular check-ins, practical skills coaching, and emotional processing from a distance, while offering scheduling flexibility to accommodate work and family commitments.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Ramona commonly help with?
She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting difficulties, bipolar and other mood disorders, and a range of related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapeutic approach and style?
Her approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered and emotionally-focused therapy, plus mindfulness and solution-focused tools; sessions are described as warm and interactive with attention to the whole person.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of experience working in community mental health settings, often serving under-resourced populations in nonprofit agencies.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the credential TX LPC 5957 and practices in Texas.
Does she work with clients who speak other languages or international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for appointments?
Clients can meet with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability and sessions are arranged through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule appointments according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

Also works with

Relationship issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Autism and Asperger SyndromeCoping with natural or human-caused disasterFamily of origin issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaHospice and end-of-life counselingMidlife crisisMood disordersParanoiaPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

30+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English