Leonard Burns, LMFT
California · 35 years in practice
Leonard Burns is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 35 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 25369 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1780759134 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Leonard
Leonard Burns is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 35 years of clinical experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, and issues related to LGBT identity. He also helps with sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
He prefers straightforward, honest work in sessions. He places value on a strong therapeutic relationship as the basis for change.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be direct and compassionate while allowing space for hard feelings and difficult memories. Leonard draws on Existential therapy alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches. He also uses Client-Centered techniques and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when useful.
He has long experience with EMDR as part of trauma work and integrates methods according to each person's needs. Over three decades in California have given him experience with people from many walks of life. He has helped people recover from complex PTSD, process cancer survivorship, and find a steadier sense of identity.
He speaks in plain language and encourages realistic, manageable steps toward change. He frames therapy as a collaborative journey. Clients set goals and Leonard supports them with practical strategies, reflection, and problem solving.
The pace and focus are adjusted to what each person needs and can handle.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Leonard lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Leonard names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches available online and how they help
Existential therapy looks at meaning, choice, and what matters most to a person. It helps when life changes feel overwhelming or when someone is trying to find a clearer sense of identity and purpose. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and to commit to actions that reflect personal values; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with difficult feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating and managing conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Leonard treats the choice of method as collaborative and tailors sessions to the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. He will explain different options and try approaches that fit the issue at hand, adjusting as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are close to an in-person visit and allow face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be a lighter option when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging can work for brief check-ins, homework tracking, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Leonard commonly address?
He supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, LGBT concerns, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He works in a direct yet compassionate way that emphasizes an honest therapeutic relationship. Sessions mix reflection, practical steps, and emotion-focused conversation.
What is his level of experience?
He has 35 years of clinical experience and decades of work with trauma, complex PTSD, relationship issues, and identity concerns.
Where is he based and what credentials does he hold?
He practices in California and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, listed as LMFT in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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