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Leonard Blake, BACP

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Trauma, Abuse Depression
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About me

I offer a wide range of modalities specific to an individuals needs, I have been in private practice for five years and have dealt with a diverse client base through major national agency referrals as well as private clients. I offer an existential starting point, and through getting to recognise the clients world can often help see the route out of their present situation to a better more thriving existence using a counsellor/ psychoanalytic approach

Professional experience

5yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Trauma, Abuse Depression

Additional areas of focus: Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant Personality, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent Personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Emptiness, Expats, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders , Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships, Post-traumatic stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-love, Sex Addiction, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Smoking/Vaping Cessation, Social anxiety and phobia

Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

Credentials information

BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #373402

Reviews

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Leonard is a good therapist and helps me understand my brain from a scientific perspective

Written on Apr 06, 2024 after therapy with Leonard for 2 weeks on issues concerning addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and anger management

only just begun sessions with Leonard. So far so good

Written on Mar 21, 2024 after therapy with Leonard for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes

Leonard is warm, understanding and compassionate. His profound insight and great guidance is helping me to find the strength to navigate a really challenging and traumatic issue that I have been facing for a while which is a great relief

Written on Feb 29, 2024 after therapy with Leonard for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue

Very knowledgeable, understanding and thorough

Written on Jan 26, 2024 after therapy with Leonard for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Leonard helped me straight away and used his wisdom to guide me to the right way of thinking and provided invaluable mental tools. I could not recommend Leonard high enough. He’s exceptional.

Written on Dec 27, 2023 after therapy with Leonard for 4 months on issues concerning relationship issues, self esteem, coaching, and adhd

Kind, helpful, warm and knowledgable.

Written on Sep 07, 2023 after therapy with Leonard for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and coaching