About me
I am a psychotherapist with 8 years of experience. I have worked with LGBTQ people around issues of self-acceptance, coming out, relationships, communication, and dealing with both external and internalized messages that hold us back from being fully ourselves. My approach to couples therapy is collaborative and warm. At the same time, couples often need quite a bit of direction in order to shake off habitual patterns of relating that are not working.
SPECIALTIES
Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Also experienced in:
Addictions , Grief , Self esteem , Depression , Aging and Geriatric Issues , Caregiver Issues and Stress , Communication Problems , Immigration Issues , Multicultural Concerns , Phobias
Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Years of Experience: 8
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma, Abuse
- Grief
- Depression
Relationship issues , Family conflicts , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Sleeping disorders , Anger management , Self esteem , Bipolar disorder , ADHD , Abandonment , Aging and geriatric issues , Antisocial personality , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Method, Hypnotherapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Years of Experience: 8
Services offered
Messaging
Phone
Video
Licensing
MI LMSW 6801094635
CO LCSW CSW.09930065
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Leonard Uchendu. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Regain might be different.
Leonard is an amazing therapist he actually listens and tries to give us the best possible treatment. He doesn’t pass judgement but tries to understand our needs as a couple! I’d recommend him to any couple in need of counseling!!
Leonard was incredibly helpful with our relationship. He was thoughtful and listened. He allowed us to have a safe place to discuss the important issues that we were having a difficult time navigating on our own. We were both skeptical that one of us was going to feel cornered, but we both felt heard and understood. It was an amazing experience and Leonard was an amazing help.
Leonard has been extremely helpful to us. We have continued gaining insight and perspective on our individual behavior and how it affects our relationship dynamic.
Leonard has been helping with our marital issues very effectively and he has an amazing ability to identify destructive thought patterns and to compassionately confront the behavior without making anyone feel under attack. You will leave your counseling session with Leonard feeling better than when you went in. Leonard will give you usable techniques to implement in your daily life. Highly recommended.
Leonard is incredible. He’s experienced and educated, and it shows through every session. He helped my husband and I figure out things that we couldn’t by ourselves. Although our couples therapy journey has ended, I have considered doing individual therapy with him. He gives great insight, and our relationship is better because of it. Thank you Leonard for your encouragement, support, and enlightenment! We appreciate you more than you know.
My partner and I started sessions with Leonard a few months back and he has been incredibly helpful for us. He has helped us tackle issues we came in to session for, as well as helped us identify different areas for us to grow in. He has helped us to identify our goals, ways to execute them, and how to maintain a healthy dynamic. I could not recommend him enough for couples that have a cisgender/transgender dynamic; he has been able to facilitate a space in which my partner and I could discuss uncomfortable differences that we face without judgment.
Leonard is an AMAZING therapist. He listens, gives great advice, intuitive suggestions and genuinely cares for his clients. Very easy to schedule with, and really challenges his clients to speak openly with eachother and think about the subject from the discussion. We both felt very comfortable talking to him separately and together. He really helped us get on the same page. He has an amazing ability to make us ask the tough questions and guided us through an honest and positive response. He is a great resource to his profession. From the bottom of our mending hearts, thank you Leonard.
Genuine concern without judgment.
We had a great experience thank you.
Leonard has provided a safe space for us to understand each other better. His insights are always on point and has provided helpful support, commentary, direction and clarity. We feel lucky to have been matched with him. He’s positioned us to move forward by providing us with the tools to do so— we are so grateful.
Leonard has been able to give us tools to communicate better with each other every time we meet with him. He also has a way of allowing us to recognize when we are approaching a disagreement in the wrong manner with out making that person feel hurt. He has been a great help to our marriage.
My husband and I have been having a hard time communicating lately. We were matched with Leonard and he has done a great job helping us to better understand each other's communication style. This has helped us to more effectively communicate.
My husband agreed to give counseling a try after our relationship essentially bottomed out. I honestly thought it would take months if not years for us to get back to where we were before things started to dissolve. We certainly feel like we lucked out in this match because after just one month we have made dramatic progress.
My husband and I were having the same issues with our relationship all of the time. We realized that we would never resolve them. We decided to give counseling a try. Fortunately we were matched with Leonard. Together, the three of us have made progress and my husband and I feel like our issues are improving. Leonard is an excellent moderator and has proven to be equipped with tools to help us repair our relationship and get along with each other better in the future.