About Craig
Craig Leech is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with two decades of clinical experience. He uses a practical, person-focused style to help people handle stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and life transitions. Craig presents himself in straightforward terms so visitors can quickly see what to expect from sessions.
He draws on client-centered care to put the person's goals first. That means listening closely, asking clear questions, and working at the person’s pace.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are added when slowing down and noticing patterns helps reduce anxiety or improve mood. Craig's background includes work in residential adolescent programs, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, and outpatient settings.
That range gives him experience with crisis-oriented care and longer-term planning. He has also helped people address addictions, bipolar mood issues, panic, and self-harm concerns in those settings. In sessions he often focuses on practical steps - small changes that add up.
He helps people with communication problems, control issues, isolation and loneliness, and workplace or career stress. Parenting, intimacy, and relationship-related worries are also common topics he guides people through. Craig emphasizes collaboration and clear goals.
He uses solution-focused strategies when someone wants short-term direction, and CBT or mindfulness when patterns need closer attention. The result is a flexible approach shaped around each person’s needs and life circumstances.
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and experience. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what they hear, and helps shape sessions around what matters most to the person. This approach is helpful when someone wants a supportive space to clarify priorities or make changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is practical and skills-based. It helps people notice thinking patterns and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or panic. Online sessions work well for CBT because homework, thought records, and step-by-step plans move easily between meetings.
Craig sees choosing an approach as a team effort. He will talk with clients about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust as progress is made. That collaborative process helps find the best mix of client-centered listening, CBT tools, or solution-focused steps.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises that use visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging give a quick way to check in, share progress, or get brief coaching between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, school, or family routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English