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LP Portrait of Leanne Perales

Leanne Perales, LMFT

Rebuilding connection and clearer coping

About Leanne

Leanne Perales is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and the aftermath of trauma. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life.

Background and approach

Her work is collaborative and goal-oriented, with attention to the values that matter most to the client. Leanne draws on approaches that emphasize emotions, relationships, and personal meaning.

She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their thoughts and move toward meaningful action. Attachment-based ideas guide work on connection and safety in relationships.

Client-centered care keeps the conversation grounded in the client's priorities. She brings five years of clinical experience in Oklahoma and approaches each conversation with calm curiosity.

Sessions aim to be places where difficult topics can be said out loud and sorted into manageable steps. Leanne avoids jargon and explains therapeutic choices so clients know why a strategy is being tried.

Typical sessions include talking through current problems, identifying patterns that contribute to distress, and practicing small changes between meetings. For relationship concerns she helps people name emotional experience and improve communication.

For grief, trauma, and life transitions she helps people pace healing while returning to daily responsibilities. Leanne supports people dealing with parenting strain, work burnout, self-esteem troubles, and identity-related concerns.

She also works with clients coping with compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges, and complex family-of-origin issues. Her aim is to help clients build more workable habits and clearer connections to what they value.

How therapy methods translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and helps people take actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns shape current relationships and helps people build safer, more trustful interactions. It is often used for relationship strain, attachment issues, and intimacy concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and everyday life. That collaborative decision is revisited as therapy continues so the plan changes if something isn’t helping.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls provide face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging work well for quick reflections or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and travel while keeping focus on progress and goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Leanne commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, depression, grief, intimacy issues, self-esteem, career changes, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward, combining client-centered listening with emotion-focused and acceptance-based techniques to build practical habits and clearer relationships.
What kind of clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns and draws on multiple modalities to match the client's goals and needs.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LMFT credential, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and practices in Oklahoma.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be conducted by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.