Leah Hanson

Leah Hanson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arkansas with 17 years of counseling experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She also focuses on caregiver stress, family of origin issues, postpartum mood concerns, and questions about life purpose.

Leah talks through what feels most urgent and what has felt stuck for a long time. She uses practical strategies and evidence-based techniques to address symptoms and patterns. Sessions often involve learning skills to manage strong emotions and practicing new ways of responding to difficult memories or situations.

Her background includes work with trauma-related concerns and mood disorders. Leah uses approaches that directly address traumatic memories and the thoughts people hold about themselves after difficult events. She also draws on methods that help with emotional regulation and consistent coping during life transitions.

Leah aims to help people sort through communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, and the particular stresses of caregiving or new parenthood. She supports exploration of life purpose and next steps when work or life has lost meaning. The focus is on what can change in day-to-day life and what practical steps a person wants to try.

To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Leah works in English and practices in Arkansas as an LPC.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Leah uses evidence-based techniques that focus on processing traumatic memories and changing unhelpful thinking. One approach she uses works directly with trauma-related memories to reduce their intensity and the distress they cause. This can help people who are processing sexual assault, past abuse, or post-traumatic stress symptoms.

She also uses cognitive-based methods to identify and adjust thoughts that keep anxiety and depression active. These techniques teach concrete ways to test beliefs, change unhelpful thinking patterns, and build different responses to stressful situations. A third strand of her work emphasizes skills for regulating strong emotions and improving communication under stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Leah will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, and suggest methods to try. The choice of technique is collaborative and may change as needs evolve.

Confirm the exact online session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the profile. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can help people keep continuity of care during life transitions while they try different therapeutic approaches.