Paula Leapheart, LPC

Paula Leapheart is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 16 years of experience in behavioral health. She works with adults who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, substance use challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and struggles around intimacy, anger, self-esteem, and life changes.

Paula views the person in the room as the expert on their life and uses that as a starting point. Sessions focus on practical steps and short-term goals alongside deeper reflection. She draws on Client-Centered, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused methods to help people clarify values, notice patterns, and make gradual changes.

In practice she emphasizes building a steady working relationship first. That includes listening without judgment and helping clients name what matters most to them. Paula helps people who find themselves prioritizing others at their own expense to notice those habits and practice different responses.

Her work often addresses attachment patterns, codependency concerns, communication problems, and decision-making around commitment and relationships. She also supports people navigating substance use in themselves or others, postpartum and pregnancy-related mood concerns, and financial or life-purpose questions.

Paula uses straightforward conversations, mindfulness exercises, and motivational interviewing to help clients move toward clearer boundaries and more consistent self-direction. She meets people where they are and focuses on small, manageable steps that fit into everyday life.

How Paula’s approaches are used in online sessions