- CBT techniques
- Attachment focus
- Parenting classes
About Denae
Denae Leigon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 32 years of experience. She works with people who are managing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, anger, and related concerns. She also has experience with addiction, trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar issues, and career-related stress.
For nearly two decades she worked at a county Children’s Mental Health Department. While there she led parenting classes, ran support groups, and provided therapy and supervision. She also worked with people facing adoption and attachment issues and served as a therapist for Juvenile Hall.
Denae favors straightforward, client-centered work. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns, test new behaviors, and develop clearer ways of communicating. Attachment-based ideas guide her thinking about how early relationships affect current conflicts.
Sessions focus on practical steps. People talk through what triggers anger, how tension builds, and what to try next. She helps people develop coping skills, set clearer boundaries, and repair communication when relationships are strained.
Denae’s background includes group work and parenting education, so she brings both individual talk therapy and skills practice into sessions. Her long career in public mental health informs a practical approach to common life stresses. To start, readers are asked to use the site process to match and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Denae blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with attachment-informed ideas. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and making the work focused on the person’s concerns. It helps when someone needs a steady, respectful place to talk through difficult feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. That approach is useful for anger, anxiety, low mood, and coping with stress. Attachment-based ideas guide attention to patterns that come from early relationships and how those patterns show up in current connections.
Finding the best fit is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try approaches and adjust what they do based on what helps in real life.
Confirm the session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions are easier to attend. Licensed professionals can use these approaches to focus on practical skills, communication work, and problem solving in regular sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
32+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Denae works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, anger, addiction, trauma and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical, using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns and try new behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 32 years of clinical experience, including 19 years at a county Children’s Mental Health Department.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Please confirm current session formats before booking as the biography does not specify session delivery methods.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.