Hi, I'm Leylee
I'm a big-hearted, curious, and tenacious kind of therapist. I love a good question, can sit with the unknown, and I'm not afraid to roll up my sleeves and figure things out.
After more than a decade working in mental health, one thing I've learned is that people rarely fit into neat little boxes. And the more I learn, the less convinced I am that there's one “right” way to do therapy or to be a person.
That curiosity has led me to explore mindfulness, the nervous system, body-based practices, spirituality, and the many ways people understand themselves and make meaning of their experiences. I appreciate what different perspectives can offer, and I'm always open to learning something new or looking at things from another angle.
Because sometimes talking helps. Sometimes understanding the why changes everything. And sometimes you understand the why and think, okay…but I'm still doing the thing.
People are layered like that and I love that about us!
I'm not interested in therapy becoming another project where you're trying to turn yourself into some perfectly regulated, completely self-aware version of yourself.
There's enough pressure to get things right already.
What interests me more is creating space for you to understand yourself a little better, trust your own experiences, and have more choice in what you do with what you discover.
You get to decide what matters here. I'll bring my heart, training, questions, and a willingness to sit with the hard stuff, think creatively, and figure things out alongside you.
What Working
Together Looks Like
Therapy with me is a conversation, but not one where you're doing all the talking while I quietly nod along.
I'll ask questions, share what I'm noticing, and sometimes invite you to look at something from a different angle. We might explore why a conversation stays with you for days, why it's so hard to say no without feeling guilty, or why you can know something logically and still have a completely different reaction emotionally.
Sometimes we'll slow things down and get curious about what's happening beneath the surface. Other times, we'll get practical. Maybe that's figuring out how to approach a difficult conversation, practicing how to express what you need, exploring ways to navigate anxiety, or trying something different when an old pattern shows up.
And we don't have to turn every session into a deep dive. Some days we're exploring something you've carried for years. Other days, we're figuring out how you want to handle the thing happening on Tuesday.
There's room for laughter, honest conversations, questions that make you think, and moments where we can appreciate just how complicated being human can be.
We can make space to understand what's happening and explore what you want to do with it.
Education
& Licensure
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University of North Carolina at Pembroke, M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling
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Texas A&M International University, BA in Psychology
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Licensed Professional Counselor #78653
Additional
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Trained in Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM)®
My learning doesn’t stop with what’s listed here. I continue to explore approaches that deepen how I understand and support the people I work with.