- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Career direction
- Grief and loss
About Wendy
Wendy Leonard is a New York state Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 40 years of professional experience. She focuses on stress and anxiety, grief and loss, motivation and self-esteem, career concerns, and coping with life changes. Wendy also addresses life purpose and related challenges that emerge after major transitions.
She works from a solution-focused orientation, helping people identify strengths and small practical steps that move them toward clearer next actions. Sessions are conversational and goal-directed, with an emphasis on what helps now rather than long-term analysis. Many clients talk through immediate problems like workplace stress, falling confidence, or the shock of a health change.
Wendy draws on decades of experience across varied settings to offer practical strategies and questions that pinpoint priorities. She often helps people break large problems into manageable tasks. This can include planning next steps in a career, addressing loneliness, or coping with chronic illness and aging-related concerns.
Her approach treats the client as the expert on their life while she offers structure and techniques that speed progress. Conversations tend to focus on realistic, measurable changes rather than abstract goals. That makes the work useful for someone who is stuck, unsure what matters next, or navigating changes in relationships, work, or health.
People who want clear, action-focused support about direction and purpose may find this method helpful. To begin, visitors are asked to use the site’s matching process and schedule a first session to see how the approach fits their needs.
Solution-Focused work and online sessions
Wendy practices Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on identifying what is already working and amplifying those strengths. This approach uses focused questions and short-term goals to help people take practical steps when they feel stuck, anxious, or uncertain about next moves.Her work emphasizes setting clear, achievable objectives rather than lengthy exploration of the past. That makes it well suited to concerns like workplace stress, career decisions, coping with loss, and clarifying life purpose. The therapist and client collaborate to choose which techniques to try and adjust them based on how useful they prove.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Wendy will discuss how solution-focused methods might fit a person’s goals and suggest alternates when another way would better match needs. The choice of method is collaborative and responsive to progress and preference.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can help fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a work break, and avoiding the need to be on camera when that helps. Licensed professionals can adapt pacing and tasks to suit the practicalities of daily life without promising specific outcomes.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
40+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she focus on?
Wendy works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, career issues, and coping with life changes. She also addresses life purpose and related areas such as isolation and workplace issues.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses a solution-focused approach that narrows in on practical next steps. Sessions emphasize strengths and small, achievable actions to move forward.
How much experience does she have?
She has 40 years of professional work experience. That background spans multiple settings and client concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in New York. Her practice is listed as based in New York.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current formats on the booking page before scheduling.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing details are provided during the booking process.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That initial step starts the process.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.