- 35 years experience
- Relationship focus
- Trauma-informed
About Leonard
Leonard Burns is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 35 years of experience. He helps people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship stress, grief, and other life changes. His style is direct but compassionate, aimed at helping people take practical steps toward feeling better.
He emphasizes a strong, honest relationship as the foundation for change. Sessions focus on clear goals, real-life skills, and steady progress. Leonard blends family-systems thinking, psychodynamic ideas, and trauma work to match what each person needs.
Clients come for help with complex post-traumatic stress, addiction concerns, identity and LGBT-related stress, chronic illness, and parenting strain. He also supports people dealing with sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. He draws on decades of experience with people from many walks of life.
In the room he works collaboratively and plainly. He listens for patterns in relationships, attachment, and behavior. Then he offers tools from approaches such as cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based work to test in daily life.
Leonard invites commitment to a gradual process of recovery. He acknowledges that change can be hard and sometimes scary. He aims to walk alongside clients as they make steady changes toward the life they want.
He emphasizes a strong, honest relationship as the foundation for change. Sessions focus on clear goals, real-life skills, and steady progress. Leonard blends family-systems thinking, psychodynamic ideas, and trauma work to match what each person needs.
Clients come for help with complex post-traumatic stress, addiction concerns, identity and LGBT-related stress, chronic illness, and parenting strain. He also supports people dealing with sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. He draws on decades of experience with people from many walks of life.
In the room he works collaboratively and plainly. He listens for patterns in relationships, attachment, and behavior. Then he offers tools from approaches such as cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based work to test in daily life.
Leonard invites commitment to a gradual process of recovery. He acknowledges that change can be hard and sometimes scary. He aims to walk alongside clients as they make steady changes toward the life they want.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.