About Leo
Leo Lyon is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people address concerns such as self-esteem, career challenges, depression, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. He centers work on identifying strengths and reframing personal narratives so clients can recognize resilience and build practical strategies for change.
Background and approach
Leo draws on several evidence-informed approaches within a trauma-aware, strength-based stance to tailor support to each person’s circumstances.
With a background that includes a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Leo integrates elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into his practice.
He brings three years of clinical experience and works in Nevada, offering services in English and Tagalog. Clients should note he cannot accept international clients and that insurance paneling limits his participation with certain United Health and Optum policies.
Sessions emphasize collaboration, practical skill building, and helping clients craft forward-looking stories that reflect their values and goals. Leo aims to help people move from feeling stuck toward clearer purpose and more manageable patterns in daily life.
Approaches and Online Care for Building Lasting Change
Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on teaching practical skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially helpful for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive reactions. Narrative Therapy helps people examine the stories they tell about themselves and re-author those narratives to emphasize strengths, values, and preferred ways of living. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages acceptance of difficult internal experiences while guiding clients to commit to meaningful actions that reflect their values.
Finding the right approach is collaborative and often evolves across sessions. The therapist will work together with clients to identify which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods over time to support progress and comfort with the process.
Online therapy with this practice offers flexible options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and communication styles. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and they allow licensed professionals to offer regular support from wherever the client is located within the therapist's service area.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Nevada, Idaho
- Languages
- English, Tagalog