- Years in practice
- 37
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Learie
Learie Callender is a licensed clinical social worker with 37 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, and parenting challenges. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps parents can try between sessions. Learie aims to make conversations feel manageable for someone reading on a phone or squeezing therapy into a busy day.
He believes people are different and meets each person where they are. Sessions often start by identifying immediate problems and small goals that feel achievable.
Background and approach
Learie draws on tools that help with mood, sleep, relationships, and coping with life changes so clients get concrete ways to handle day-to-day struggles. Across his career he has worked in settings in New York, Florida, and Trinidad and Tobago. That range shaped his ability to adapt approaches to fit a person’s background and schedule.
He combines practical techniques with attention to feelings and values. Learie uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered techniques alongside mindfulness and emotionally focused ideas. These approaches let him balance skill building with space to process emotions.
Sessions can include movement toward goals, role practice, or simple mindfulness exercises. People often come for help with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, or parenting stress. He also supports those coping with ADHD, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and family-of-origin concerns.
Learie accepts international clients and works from Florida as a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW. To begin, a short intake helps match goals to approaches and plan a path forward that fits daily life.
What Learie works with
Everything Learie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Learie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Learie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small actions that match those values. It can help when worry or avoidance gets in the way of everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches specific skills for mood, anxiety, sleep, and parenting challenges. Client-centered work creates space for people to talk through feelings at their own pace while the therapist reflects and listens without directing the story.Learie approaches fit as a collaborative process. He will work with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and day-to-day realities. That may mean trying CBT skills for a few weeks, adding mindfulness practices, or shifting to value-based ACT exercises depending on what helps most.
Online sessions offer real flexibility. Video calls let you use visual cues and practice role-play. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, quick tools between sessions, or ongoing support when schedules are tight. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel demands while still using the same therapeutic approaches.
Questions people ask about Learie
What kinds of concerns does Learie address?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy challenges, sleep problems, anger, self esteem, ADHD, and related struggles.
What is Learie's therapeutic style?
His style is practical and conversational. He mixes skill-based work, mindfulness, and emotionally focused conversation to help clients try new behaviors and change patterns.
How much clinical experience does he bring?
Learie has 37 years of experience working in a variety of settings across New York, Florida, and Trinidad and Tobago.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing from Florida.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and Learie accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to start therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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