About
Hi, I'm Leah.
I'm a licensed psychotherapist, speaker, and author based in Charlotte, NC. I've spent the last twenty years helping people who carry a lot for others learn how to take better care of themselves in the process.
I'm a licensed psychotherapist, speaker, and author based in Charlotte, NC. I've spent the last twenty years helping people who carry a lot for others learn how to take better care of themselves in the process.
I work with high performers, athletes, and leaders who are really good at showing up for everyone else and not so great at showing up for themselves. If that sounds familiar, you're in the right place.
Athlete first. Division I basketball. Captain of a nationally ranked high school soccer team. That's where I learned what pressure actually feels like, and where my InnerCritic found its voice. I spent years trying to shove it down, performing through the anxiety instead of understanding it.
Then the clinical work. Grief centers, schools, juvenile court, in-home crisis teams. Clinical instructor at Yale. International work. Every setting taught me something different about what it takes to be well, not just look well.
Now. Private therapy practice in Charlotte, NC. Keynote speaker. Organizational consultant. Author of Serial Fixer (November 2025). Board member. The through line: helping people stop performing wellness and start practicing it.
Licensed Psychotherapist in private practice in Charlotte, NC. Specializing in anxiety disorders with high performers and athletes. Boards, nonprofit mental health consulting, and educator burnout work across North Carolina.
Find me on Psychology Today →"You are the one person you keep forgetting to check on."
The people who struggle the most are rarely the ones who don't care. They're the ones who care the most. They overextend, burn out in cycles, pour into everyone around them, and can't figure out why they still feel disconnected. They know exactly what to tell a friend who's struggling but can't seem to follow their own advice.
That's not a character flaw. It's a pattern, and it can shift.
Keynotes, workshops, podcasts, and conferences for HR, executive teams, educators, and nonprofits.
→Advisory, retainers, and custom workshop series for leadership teams.
→To all of the fixers. The selflessly intended leaders and caretakers. Those who give deeply, sometimes losing touch with themselves along the way.
→Are you a serial fixer? A free self-assessment that takes less than 3 minutes.
