Leanette Henagan , LCSW

Leanette Henagan, LCSW, brings 19 years of experience to an integrative approach to mental health care in Arizona. She combines clinical insight with practical strategies to address depression, anxiety, substance use concerns, stress-related problems, women's health issues, and chronic disease management, tailoring support to each person’s needs and goals.

Drawing on her background as a former Division I athlete, she offers specialized sports performance counseling for competitive and professional athletes and provides guidance to sports parents navigating the evolving landscape of youth sports. Her work blends therapeutic techniques and coaching to strengthen performance, resilience, and family communication around athletics.

Henagan believes that each person is the expert of their own story and that existing strengths can be mobilized to overcome life’s challenges. She emphasizes courage, self-compassion, and practical coping skills as clients take steps toward a more fulfilling life. She holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - indicating advanced training in clinical social work and mental health treatment, and she applies evidence-based methods to support issues such as caregiving stress, body image and self-esteem, workplace difficulties, perinatal mood concerns, and midlife transitions.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care and Growth

Client-centered therapy focuses on the client’s own perspective, with the therapist offering empathic listening and support to help clarify values, build self-worth, and set personally meaningful goals. This approach is helpful for self-esteem, life transitions, and exploring life purpose.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify and shift unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior by teaching practical skills and coping strategies. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, stress, mood concerns, and challenges related to addictions.

Mindfulness therapy introduces simple practices for present-moment awareness and emotional regulation, helping people reduce reactivity and respond to stress with greater calm and clarity.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and happens collaboratively. The therapist will work with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust techniques as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and some work can continue through live chat or text-based messaging. For many people, these options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, maintain continuity of care, and access licensed professionals and therapists from different locations.