Ramona Leonards

Ramona Leonards is an LPC with 30 years of experience in community mental health in San Antonio, Texas. She offers a warm, interactive style and focuses on the person rather than a diagnosis. Her practice includes support for people facing grief and hospice and end-of-life concerns alongside other life stresses.

Ramona has worked with children, adolescents, young adults, and adults in nonprofit community agency settings. Much of her work has been with under-served populations, and she has experience with depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, OCD, and ADHD. She also supports people dealing with gender identity and LGBT issues, trauma and abuse, and adjustment challenges related to autism spectrum transitions.

Her approach blends client-centered listening with practical tools. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and solution-focused steps to set reachable goals. Emotionally-focused and mindfulness methods appear in sessions when addressing relationship pain or strong emotions.

Sessions are conversational and tailored to each person. Ramona emphasizes respect, compassion, and collaboration when building a plan. She aims to help people regain a sense of control, work toward personal goals, and manage overwhelming feelings.

People who choose her often want straightforward help sorting grief, coping with life changes, managing mood symptoms, or addressing trauma and abuse. She encourages anyone feeling discouraged or overwhelmed to take the first step toward support.

How Ramona’s Approaches Guide Online Care

Client-centered work starts by listening and making sure the conversation matches what matters to the person. It helps people feel heard and shapes goals around their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing small changes in behavior to reduce anxiety or mood symptoms and solve practical problems.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which methods to try based on needs, goals, and comfort. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust the plan as progress is made or new challenges appear.

Session formats are not specified in the original biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it simpler to fit appointments into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing check-ins during workday breaks. It can also let people use shorter sessions when needed, or choose audio-only contact if being on camera is difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, client-centered, and emotionally-focused techniques to remote sessions to keep the work focused and practical.