Shawndre Leydon, LMHC, LCPC
Calm, story-focused therapy for life’s challenges
Details
| Name | Shawndre Leydon |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMHC, LCPC |
| Based in | Florida |
| Licensed in | Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 5 |
About Shawndre
Shawndre Leydon is a licensed mental health counselor with both LMHC and LCPC credentials. She brings five years of clinical experience and a calm, direct manner to sessions. People come to her for a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma, grief, and challenges with attention or addiction.
Shawndre focuses on understanding the stories people tell about themselves. She uses Narrative Therapy alongside other practical methods to help clients separate problems from identity.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and centered on the person's goals. She aims to create a respectful space where people can speak freely about what feels stuck. Her background blends approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build coping skills and clearer thinking.
Shawndre also draws on Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas to strengthen relationships and self-understanding. Expect conversations that look at patterns, values, and small steps that add up to change. She works with people facing life transitions, parenting stress, career difficulties, body-image and eating concerns, and complex trauma or abandonment themes.
Shawndre also supports those dealing with compassion fatigue and the ripple effects of loss. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Getting started involves a short online matching questionnaire and scheduling based on therapist availability.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Shawndre works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Shawndre among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Shawndre directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Shawndre directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Shawndre's Approaches Work Online
Shawndre blends Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to shape online sessions. Narrative Therapy helps people tell and revise the stories they live by, separating the person from the problem and opening space for new possibilities. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action even when strong emotions are present, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and helps people understand how early bonds influence current connections and trust.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Shawndre will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and which methods feel most helpful. Together they decide whether to focus on shifting narratives, building acceptance and action plans, or exploring attachment patterns, and they adapt as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you work face-to-face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be simpler when video isn't needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or people who find typing easier. These options make scheduling easier around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapy consistent and goal-focused.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Shawndre commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and addiction concerns. Other focuses include ADHD, parenting strain, body-image problems, and career stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are warm, direct, and collaborative. She uses Narrative methods alongside practical therapies to help people reframe problems and set small, achievable goals.
What is Shawndre's experience background?
She has five years of clinical experience working with a broad range of concerns, including trauma, mood disorders, relationship challenges, and attention-related difficulties.
What are her professional credentials and region?
Shawndre holds MA LMHC and ME LCPC credentials and practices from Florida. These credentials are listed as MA LMHC and ME LCPC.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She is open to working with international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
She conducts video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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