Leanne Kernohan
Compassionate, practical counselling for everyday challenges
About Leanne
Leanne Kernohan offers straightforward support for people feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unsure where to start. She speaks plainly and focuses on what matters to the person sitting opposite her. Leanne believes clients are experts in their own lives and works alongside them to find practical ways forward.
She draws on methods that help people notice patterns, build motivation and make small changes that add up. In sessions she listens, reflects and asks questions that help people name what they want to change.
Background and approach
Conversations aim to move from feeling stuck to trying new behaviours that feel manageable. Leanne has four years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy credential. Her background includes supporting people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and low self-esteem.
She also works with issues around relationships, grief, parenting concerns and coping with life changes. Practical tools are mixed with space to talk about feelings and past experience. That might include looking at thoughts and behaviours, exploring attachment and relationships, or finding what really matters so people can set meaningful goals.
Sessions are paced to each person’s needs and comfort. People who prefer plain language and a collaborative style tend to do well with Leanne. She accepts clients in the United Kingdom and from other countries and offers appointments by phone, video call and text-based formats.
What Leanne works with
How Leanne works
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Listed by Leanne among the ways they work.
Listed by Leanne among the ways they work.
Listed by Leanne among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice what matters to them and take action towards those values. It focuses on small steps and building acceptance of difficult feelings while still moving towards meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, low mood and stress and gives tools people can use between sessions.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Leanne will discuss different methods and help decide what fits the person's goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and may change as progress is made or needs shift over time.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let sessions feel close to face-to-face while allowing people to join from wherever they are. Phone sessions are useful for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit those who prefer writing to speaking or need flexible, on-the-go contact. These formats make it easier to arrange regular appointments and to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
