Leanne McCann
Practical, warm counselling for stress and relationships
BACP, NCPS United Kingdom
- Experience
- 5 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Leanne
Leanne McCann is a counsellor who offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people feeling stressed, anxious, or stuck. She uses plain, practical conversation to help with worry, grief, low mood, relationship strain and problems with sleep or appetite.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and direct, aimed at making the next step clearer rather than overwhelming clients with jargon. She draws on a range of approaches to suit the person in front of her.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas are used alongside a person-centred way of listening. Sessions focus on understanding what matters to the client and finding small, achievable changes to ease daily life.
Leanne has five years of practice experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials. Those details are used to describe her background only and reflect the professional bodies named in her biography.
She works with adults and provides a steady presence for people navigating difficult emotions and life changes. Typical sessions include talking through immediate problems, noticing patterns that keep issues going, and trying practical exercises between meetings.
The aim is clearer thinking, more helpful habits and gentler self-talk. People can expect straightforward language, respect for their choices and a pace that suits them.
Leanne offers support for a wide range of concerns such as trauma and abuse, addictions, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem and career difficulties. She also attends to issues like body image, attachment worries, blended family stress and chronic health challenges.
How therapeutic methods translate to online sessions
Leanne uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas when working online. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small committed steps, which helps with anxiety, low mood and getting unstuck. Attachment-Based ideas look at patterns in relationships and how early bonds affect current reactions, which can help with intimacy, trust and communication difficulties.Choosing the right approach is part of the work and she treats it as a collaboration. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then adapt methods to suit the person’s needs. This may mean using breathing and grounding exercises one week, and values-based actions or relationship-mapping the next.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and text-based options allow shorter check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These choices make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family or health needs.
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Experience
5+ years
Registered with
BACP, NCPS
Languages
English