- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Leonard
Leonard Blake is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, addiction and a wide range of relationship and parenting concerns. He also helps with depression, trauma and grief, eating and intimacy-related difficulties, and issues such as anger, self-esteem and career stresses. Leonard uses straightforward dialogue to help people find practical ways forward.
He has five years' experience in independent practice and has worked with clients referred by national agencies as well as personal individuals.
Background and approach
Leonard describes an existential starting point and draws on talking therapies to help people make sense of what is happening in their lives. He aims to help clients recognise patterns and to map realistic next steps. In sessions he combines an open, listening style with structured methods when needed.
That means he may explore feelings and relationship patterns alongside exercises to change thinking and behaviour. The focus is on what the client wants to change and what will work in everyday life. Leonard lists approaches such as attachment-based work, client-centred counselling, cognitive behavioural techniques, dialectical behaviour ideas and emotionally-focused methods.
He explains these in plain terms and adapts them to each person's goals. The emphasis is on collaboration and on building clearer ways of coping. Sessions are offered in English and Leonard accepts international clients.
He works online using video, phone, live chat or text messaging, and uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule appointments.
What Leonard works with
Everything Leonard lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Leonard helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Leonard lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections. It helps people notice repeated habits in close relationships and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to build better coping skills for anxiety, low mood and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, and then try methods that fit the person's situation. That means the plan can change as progress is made and new needs appear, with a collaborative decision about what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation without travel, phone sessions work when bandwidth is low, live chat can suit quick check-ins and text messaging supports brief ongoing contact. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, caring responsibilities and daily life while keeping a steady course of support.
Questions people ask about Leonard
What concerns does Leonard support?
He works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and parenting concerns, along with depression, trauma, grief and a broad range of other issues listed in his profile.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He combines an open, listening approach with practical exercises when helpful, and adapts the style to each person's goals.
What is his background and experience?
He has five years' experience in independent practice and has worked with both national agency referrals and personal clients.
What credentials and location apply?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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