Shawndre Leydon, LMHC, LCPC

Shawndre Leydon is a licensed mental health counselor with LMHC and LCPC credentials. She brings five years of clinical experience and a calm, interactive manner to sessions. Shawndre focuses on practical steps people can use to feel steadier and more hopeful in everyday life.

Her approach centers on methods that help people notice what matters, change unhelpful patterns, and build skills. Shawndre draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based Therapy when those fit a person's needs. She also uses client-centered and dialectical behavior strategies to keep the work grounded and useful.

Shawndre has worked with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and grief. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, ADHD, body image and eating issues, sleeping problems, and caregiver stress. Her background includes work with abandonment and attachment issues as well as blended family and parenting challenges.

In sessions she keeps language simple and direct. Conversations focus on specific goals, tools to try between meetings, and changes that fit daily life. She aims to create respectful sessions without labels so people feel understood and can move forward.

Shawndre practices in Florida and offers services in English. International clients may be accepted; confirm current options before booking.

How Shawndre’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then pick actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like low mood and worry. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build safer ways of relating to others.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Shawndre will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and flexible.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can use online appointments to share worksheets, teach coping skills, and practice new ways of communicating, which can help carry changes into daily life.