- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Leonardo
Leonardo Marin is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with five years of experience. He focuses on supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and trauma-related concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and aim to help clients feel more calm and in control.
He uses a client-centered style that starts with listening. He asks straightforward questions and helps people identify small steps they can try between sessions.
Background and approach
The room is meant to be a nonjudgmental place to name hard feelings and practical problems. Leonardo also incorporates cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behavioral experiments. For people with past traumatic experiences, he may use eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to reduce distress tied to memories.
He blends these methods so each plan fits the person sitting across from him. Parents often come with sleep struggles, anger, or worries about behavior and balance. He helps parents break big problems into concrete actions and realistic goals.
Conversations move from overwhelm to specific next steps that can be tested at home. He aims to empower clients by focusing on strengths and practical changes. New clients can expect a steady, supportive approach that emphasizes clear goals, measured progress, and skills they can use outside of sessions.
What Leonardo works with
Everything Leonardo lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Leonardo helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Leonardo lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- 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.
How Leonardo's approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy means sessions begin with listening and follow the client's priorities. In practice this looks like asking what matters most right now and shaping each session around those goals. Client-centered work helps with stress, parenting strain, and feeling overwhelmed.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online CBT can include short exercises, homework tasks, and real-time problem solving to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or address sleep and anger problems.
EMDR, when used, targets distress tied to upsetting memories by combining focused recall with guided attention. This approach can help people who are coping with trauma symptoms and intense emotional reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. Together they will try methods and adjust plans based on what helps most in day-to-day life.
Online appointments are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video provides face-to-face connection for skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or movement is limited. Live chat and text let people check in between appointments or choose a quicker, lower-intensity format. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy family schedules.
Questions people ask about Leonardo
What problems does this therapist help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, grief, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related concerns like dissociation or control issues.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
Sessions are client-centered and supportive, focusing on listening first, then setting clear goals. Cognitive behavioral techniques and short-term solution work may be used to build practical skills.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has five years of experience as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. That experience includes work with a range of concerns across age groups.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
He is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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