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Meet Amy Leon, LMFTA, MBA

Phone: (919) 817-8153

Email: aleon@carolinatherapysolutions.com

I believe that healthy relationships are the foundation for a happy and fulfilling life, and I am passionate about helping my clients build and maintain strong connections with their loved ones. I am deeply passionate about Women’s Mental Health, growth, and empowerment. I am committed to providing personalized and compassionate care to each of my clients, and I am honored to be a part of your journey towards healing and growth.

Specialties

  • Women’s Mental Health

  • Relational Systems Approach

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

  • Solutions Focused

  • Gottman Method Level I & II

  • Gottman Trauma and Infidelity

  • Collaborative Divorce Certification

  • Discernment Therapy

  • Grief Therapy

  • LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapist

Therapeutic Approach and Specialization

Amy Leon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy Associate who is extensively trained and certified (Level I & II) in Gottman Therapy, an evidence-based couples therapy model to help couples heal, communicate better, resolve conflicts effectively and empathetically, while finding a deeper connection together.

Amy is particularly passionate about Women’s Mental Health and encourages women from all walks of life to reach out today to begin their healing journey. She particularly enjoys working with women struggling with depression, anxiety, life adjustments, career changes/challenges, and grief. Amy is an LGBTQIA+ ally and enjoys working with those who identify as LGBTQIA+. Amy helps clients achieve meaningful change through her training and the application of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Lasting Change For Individuals

Experience and Clinical Passion

In addition to helping couples communicate more effectively, overcome resentments, and facilitating healing for couples as a whole, Amy is trained in Discernment Counseling and is a Certified Collaborative Divorce Facilitator. Her training in Discernment Counseling is particularly helpful for couples where one partner may be feeling uncertain or ambivalent about couples therapy or may even be considering if they want to continue the relationship. Discernment counseling helps support both the leaning-out and leaning-in partner emotionally process where they are even in mixed-agenda states. Amy is passionate about working with the ambivalence rather than avoiding or overlooking these pain points. For couples choosing to divorce, Amy utilizes her expertise to help couples gracefully navigate the divorce process in a respectful and cooperative manner.

Additionally, Amy is passionate about helping individuals move through the grieving process, women’s mental health, anxiety, life changes, career challenges, substance use, and depression. Amy’s training in CBT, Solution-Focused Therapy, and DBT enables her to help clients identify blind spots, challenge negative thinking patterns, and enhance their emotion regulation and distress tolerance for lasting change.

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Education and Training

Amy received her Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with highest honors from Nova Southeastern University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Barry University with her Master’s in Business Administration. Passionate about continued education, Amy is pursuing her Doctoral Education in 2024 in Marriage and Family Therapy at the National University. Amy is an active member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

Amy has experience providing therapeutic services in a variety of settings, including private practice, integrative psychiatry, substance abuse centers, and group counseling and therapy. She is well equipped and trained in creating individualized treatment plans unique to you and your specific needs based on your history and her clinical observations.

  • Gottman Level I

    Gottman Level II

    Gottman 7 Principles Lessons in Love for Singles Leader

    Certified Collaborative Divorce Facilitator

    Trained Discernment Therapist

    Gottman Trauma and Infidelity

    Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

    AAMFT Member