Leah Doughty, LMHC, LPC

Leah Doughty, LMHC and LPC, is a licensed counselor with six years of professional experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions. She holds credentials as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and practices in Indiana with licensure that also covers Texas. Leah focuses on empowering clients by recognizing the strengths and resources they already have and using those strengths to address the issues that brought them to therapy.

Leah approaches each person as the expert of their own story and collaborates to identify practical steps toward a more fulfilling, balanced life. She works with individuals facing depression, anger, parenting concerns, attachment and codependency patterns, substance use challenges, and the difficult emotions of guilt and shame. Leah emphasizes courage and gradual progress, offering support as clients make changes and discover clearer direction and purpose.

Whether someone is seeking help for acute stress, long-standing trauma, or the complexities of relationships and addiction recovery, Leah centers respect and empowerment in her work. Her practice blends evidence-based therapeutic techniques with a supportive approach aimed at helping people build coping skills and pursue meaningful change.

Evidence-Based techniques and online care with Leah Doughty

Leah uses practical, evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person's needs. She employs skills-based coping strategies that teach concrete tools for managing stress, anxiety, cravings, and difficult emotions; these techniques emphasize short-term skill building and everyday practice to increase emotional regulation and functioning. She also uses trauma-informed approaches to help people process painful experiences at a pace that feels manageable, focusing on safety, stabilization, and gradual integration of difficult memories. In work that addresses relationships, attachment-focused interventions explore patterns of connection and codependency to strengthen communication and relational boundaries.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Leah partners with clients to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in their lives, adjusting techniques over time so the work fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility: sessions by video or phone recreate live conversation, while live chat and text-based messaging provide alternatives for people who need shorter check-ins or more frequent support. These options make scheduling easier and allow consistent care for those balancing work, family, or recovery commitments, while still working with licensed professionals who guide the therapeutic process.