Leon Tsao (he/his)

This modality provides many tools to help you investigate the connection between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and provides structure in sessions. I like to provide CBT in an organic & humanistic way that is structured but not overly so, and mix it with a person-centered approach. I am well-versed in a number of CBT approaches, and certified in a CBT approach known as Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy from the Albert Ellis Institute.

This modality will help energize you with the desire to make changes in your life. It will help you work from your strengths. I am certified in Motivational Interviewing from Outreach Training Institute.

My interest in social phobia has started because I myself struggled in the past with it, and I realized that I can learn specific tools to be able to improve my situation, strengthen my resilience & self-belief. I present these tools regularly to my groups and to my clients. I know from first-hand experience and also the experience of my clients that they work. I had been running support groups and workshops on a twice weekly basis for those with social phobia.

It may be hard to see one's own value, and our minds can trick us into denying our worth. I believe in your value, and I am happy to bring it out of you. There are specific techniques I use to help you create a more stable sense of your own self-worth, and distance people from their tricky minds that tell us otherwise. I am committed to working with you to make your average set-point of self-worth higher, so that you can have confidence in living the life that you value.

It may be hard to see one's own value, and our minds can trick us into denying our worth. I believe in your value, and I am happy to bring it out of you. There are specific techniques I use to help you create a more stable sense of your own self-worth, and distance people from their tricky minds that tell us otherwise. I am committed to working with you to make your average set-point of self-worth higher, so that you can have confidence in living the life that you value.

It may be hard to see one's own value, and our minds can trick us into denying our worth. I believe in your value, and I am happy to bring it out of you. There are specific techniques I use to help you create a more stable sense of your own self-worth, and distance people from their tricky minds that tell them otherwise. I am committed to working with you to make your average set-point of self-worth higher, so that you can have confidence in living the life that you value.

My research was on ADHD, and also on neurodiversity in my first master's programs. I seen first-hand the unfortunate work being done to "normalize" people who are wired differently in a sort of one-size-fits-all approach. Society has not been as welcoming towards people who are wired differently with their own gifts to bring. My goal is to for you to be able to find your own unique way of working that brings out your strengths, addresses weaknesses, & help you navigate through society.

This modality is great to be able to mindfully diffuse yourself from troublesome thoughts and help you live the life you value. I am trained in Acceptance and Commit Therapy, and gave presentations regularly in workshops on this topic.