About Leonard
Leonard Hargrave is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem, and depression. He brings decades of clinical experience and a calm, direct style to sessions.
Background and approach
People often come for help with communication, commitment, and recurring worries. He practices in Texas and draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations.
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. Leonard helps people name patterns, try different ways of relating, and build steps they can use between meetings.
His work also addresses more specific concerns such as attachment and abandonment issues, blended family adjustments, adoption and foster care dynamics, body image and sexual culture topics including BDSM and kink, and the stresses caregivers face. He also supports people living with chronic illness, pain, or cancer-related strain.
With 34 years of professional experience as an LMFT, Leonard combines clinical perspective with a straightforward approach. He listens for the patterns that keep problems repeating and helps people experiment with small changes.
In sessions, he uses easy-to-follow tools for communication and coping. He helps people prioritize problems and set realistic goals.
Leonard aims to make therapy a practical part of everyday life rather than an abstract exercise. If someone wants to begin, the usual steps are to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions that fit their routine.
He offers a mix of formats to accommodate different needs and schedules.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Leonard uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change. One common approach helps people identify interaction patterns and practice new ways of communicating to reduce conflict and build connection; this is useful for relationship and communication problems. Another approach focuses on coping skills for anxiety and stress, teaching short, actionable tools to manage symptoms day to day and to break cycles of worry. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review what matters most to the client, try approaches that fit their goals, and adjust methods as progress is noticed. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to keep using. Online sessions offer flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share thoughts between sessions or to choose a written format that feels easier for the moment. These options help people keep continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English