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Leonard Uchendu, LMSW

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Leonard is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

5.0 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Leonard. View 56 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in Michigan and Colorado

Recent reviews

Amazing therapist! Leonard listens very well and offers insight that is thoughtful, helpful and timely! I am so glad that we connected here!

Reviewed March 2024

Kind hearted and insightful

Reviewed March 2024

More about Leonard

  • 8 years' experience
  • Male
  • LMSW, LCSW

Finding the right therapist who can meet your needs can be a daunting task. Therapy is about providing a safe place for self-exploration. Clients seek therapy because they want some answers to variety of issues like life transition, grief, loss, cognitive, behavioral and emotional issues. Perhaps, you want to change your thinking and behavior patterns, improve your mood, develop healthy coping and social skills. Well, my goal is to meet you where you, help you navigate some of the salient issues that you seek answers to. I do not have all the answers but I will surely be honest with and treat you with unconditional positive regard.

I have worked with formerly incarcerated clients and several clients from underserved communities helping them address their wide range issues such as Anxiety, anger, depression life transition , addiction issues, suicide thoughts, relationship issues and sexual behavior problems. I will walk alongside with to help you find solutions to the answers you seek

Learning is a life long learning. A journey to a thousand mile begins with a single step we take. You have taken that bold step towards your transformation. Your perspective and experiences will be incorporated in this therapeutic alliance. Let me be your partner in your rebound. I work flexible hours and mostly available in the evenings via telehealth.

Specialty

ADHD

Addiction

Anger Management

Anxiety

Behavioral Issues

Bipolar Disorder

Borderline Personality

Chronic Impulsivity

Chronic Pain

Chronic Relapse

Coping Skills

Depression

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Addictions Trauma and abuse Grief Depression Relationship issues Family conflicts Intimacy-related issues Eating disorders Sleeping disorders Anger management Self esteem Bipolar disorder ADHD Abandonment Aging and geriatric issues Antisocial personality Attachment issues Avoidant personality Blended family issues Body image Caregiver issues and stress Co-morbidity Codependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issues Coping with natural or human-caused disaster Dependent personality Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) Divorce and separation Drug and alcohol addiction Emptiness Fatherhood issues Forgiveness Gender dysphoria Guilt and shame Immigration issues Impulsivity Infidelity Isolation / loneliness Life purpose Men's issues Money and financial issues Mood disorders Multicultural concerns Narcissism Panic disorder and panic attacks Personality disorders Phobias Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships Post-traumatic stress Prejudice and discrimination Process addiction (porn exercise gambling) Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Self-harm Self-love Sex addiction Sexual assault and abuse Sexuality Social anxiety and phobia Women's issues Young adult issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Gottman Method
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Imago Relationship Therapy
  • Jungian Therapy
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Licenses

Leonard Uchendu's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1932456076.

  • LMSW · Michigan · 6801094635 · Expires May 2026
  • LCSW · Colorado · CSW.09930065 · Expires August 2025

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Leonard Uchendu

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

5.0

56 reviews

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Amazing therapist! Leonard listens very well and offers insight that is thoughtful, helpful and timely! I am so glad that we connected here!

Reviewed March 2024

Kind hearted and insightful

Reviewed March 2024

Mr. Uchendu listens and pays attention to detail. Respectful, insightful, honest. Highly recommended!

Reviewed February 2024

I have benefited greatly working with Leonard. He’s helped me identify the root cause of stressors in my life and helped me overcome them. Every time we meet is unique, yet productive. He challenges me to retrain my negative thinking and thought patterns in a way that gives me a new outlook on life. I’d certainly recommend Leonard for anyone.

Reviewed March 2022

I look forward to my meetings with Leonard every week. He is very peaceful and comforting to talk to. He is great at putting things into perspective and helps me think through thing’s differently.

Reviewed November 2023

I began working with Leonard in June 2023 after a low point in my life in one of my most important relationships. Leonard has helped immensely by sharing with me excellent techniques to aid me with my anxiety, communication, and my relationships. He's helped me to understand the importance of celebrating my wins and sharing my thoughts and most importantly my feelings with others who love me. He's also taught me how to cope and be present for my loved ones during difficult times. He is an excellent therapist who is very knowledgeable and interested in helping others. I highly recommend working with Leonard.

Reviewed November 2023

Leonard was a great therapist. He helped me realize a lot of simple ways I could improve my own mental health. Was very friendly and helpful

Reviewed November 2023

Leonard is supportive, factual, and great at asking the right questions. During each of our sessions I have had an “aha” moment to take with me.

Reviewed September 2023

He has been very helpful in my healing process. Because of all the work we've done, I've been able to really understand my thought process and my emotional perspective. I can't recommend him enough.

Reviewed August 2023

Leonard is amazing. He's been tracking with me for over a year now and he's like big brother. Whenever I need him he's johnny on the spot and works through my thoughts feelings and emotions. Imma better person today because of it

Reviewed June 2023

Very compassionate. Understands my struggles and provide positive feedback

Reviewed May 2023

My experience with him has been incredible. Not only have I developed the capability to open up to people, I've found myself growing and understanding my thought process more and more each session. He listens to me and actively addresses my thoughts and questions clearly while also giving me the support I need to explore more serious topics. Overall, I highly recommend him as a therapist. He has helped me through so much and I couldn't thank him enough.

Reviewed May 2023

Leonard is the real deal. Ive working with him for a while and seen exponential growth

Reviewed March 2023

Leonard is very attentive to your needs. A great listener. He has helped me to identify issues that's bothered me for sometime. I have gained the necessary coping skills needed to move forward in life. Trauma survival is a life long journey. I can feel safe in my own skin knowing that not only did I survive the traumas, but I've learned not to let them define me. Thanks Leonard for everything.

Reviewed January 2023

My discussions with Leonard were helpful. He identified areas of concern for me to explore and work on, as well as techniques for self improvement.

Reviewed December 2022

Leonard has been an excellent therapist to me, he's helped me through a lot of mental challenges I have had from my past and given me many tools to help me move forward with my life.

Reviewed December 2022

Working with Leonard has been a fantastic experience so far. Leonard listens and asks thoughtful (and difficult) questions to help parse through feelings/emotions. I appreciate Leonard's approach to therapy and I find myself always excited to speak to him again!

Reviewed December 2022

Great Therapist! Lenard is very intelligent and understanding. He provides honest insight and is very productive in helping you.

Reviewed November 2022

Leonard is the Man! He will sit you and work with you. He cares. Sometimes I forget he's my therapist and I feel like he's my best friend. Really appreciate this guy. I would suggest him to anyone and everyone

Reviewed November 2022

Though I spent a limited number of sessions under his guidance due to personal reasons, Leonard Uchendu and was an intellectual and compassionate resource to me as my therapist. At the beginning of each meeting, we would start off with self-reflection where he would ask me how I've been and if I personally saw any improvement in my own behavior. He would then ask me to identify specific areas that I wanted to focus on and we would have conversations/complete relevant activities accordingly. Before the end of each session, we would recap the various concepts and subjects discussed over our time together and he would provide resources to help continue the therapy in his absence. Overall, I really enjoyed our time together and felt as though my concerns were heard/addressed when working with Leonard Uchendu!

Reviewed November 2022

He's been very understanding and helpful in navigating my mental health.

Reviewed November 2022

I've made great strides through working with Leonard. I've gotten to a place where I am actively utilizing coping skills in daily life to mitigate stress and anxiety, which is leaps and bounds better managed than before I started working with him. I'm more at peace in my mind and I'm more easily able to cope with my past traumas and not let them rule my day. He provides great materials, mechanisms, and is always very respectful and makes you feel understood and heard when expressing very tough subject matter and feelings.

Reviewed November 2022

He really listens to what I have to say. He is also very encouraging and has creative ways to help me process different emotions and feelings so that I can understand them better

Reviewed November 2022

Really appreciate the information, professionalism and insights. Great listener. The therapist has helped me cope with life and work stress introducing me to being present in my life journey. Thank you Diana

Reviewed September 2022

Leonard is a great therapist

Reviewed September 2022

Really appreciate my therapist helps cope with stress and always makes great suggestions of coping skills that I can use which is also very helpful. I have grown as a woman thanks to great attentive therapist.

Reviewed August 2022

Being in therapy isn't easy. Being depressed over my experiences. The traumas and all the losses in life sometimes have me in a shell. My cocoon.. Very hard to come to grips with my life at times. Leonard is very patient and supportive. My time in session with him is very therapeutic. Some days are really hard so hard that tears just roll down my face. So hard that I want to just give up, but a kind word from my therapist gives me encouragement. Leonard also challenges me to come out of that cocoon. Thank you Leonard for all you do. I'm so much better.

Reviewed August 2022

Leonard will listen to you. He really cares and his biggest pride and joy is watching his patients make progress

Reviewed July 2022

He has been such a great help for me. He listens to me when I talk, and he responds back with specific questions. When I work with him, it feels like he really cares about me, and I never feel like I'm inconveniencing him. Overall, he's a great therapist and I would recommend him to anyone.

Reviewed May 2022

Leonard has help me work through a variety anxiety, depression, and low self esteem issues over the last 6 months. I really feel like a new person and I am so grateful for the time and support he gave me. Our sessions together lead to many revelations that helped me break out of old thought patterns and he gave me the tools to deal with all the uncomfortable feelings that I had. He is a great therapist and I would recommend him to anyone that is struggling with life and looking for help.

Reviewed May 2022

He is a great therapist. Really listen to what I have to say, and gives great feedback.

Reviewed May 2022

In this Covid pandemic times it is very helpful to have someone that is concerned and has insightful input in how to handle the stress.

Reviewed April 2022

He’s a great dude, very smart, open minded, and understands peoples perspectives and struggles well.

Reviewed April 2022

Leonard is a wonderfully compassionate and professional therapist. He is open, encouraging, understanding, and non-judgemental. Throughout the weekly sessions over the 7 months we have worked together, I have never felt uncomfortable being honest and open with him. He has helped me immensely with depression, grief, and low self-worth. He helped me develop tools both to manage and cope with negative feelings and emotions in the short-term as well as to recognize the behaviours and thought patterns that contributed to depression for my long-term benefit. I am very grateful for the time we have worked together and the help and encouragement that he has given me to grow emotionally.

Reviewed April 2022

Leonard has been very patient and supportive of me. Therapy is hard work. Dealing with my personal struggles hasn't been easy, and dealing with all the trauma that I've experienced leaves me hopeless and helpless, but Leonard is patiently assisting me to acknowledge what happen to me and assisting me to find ways to cope with it all and move forward. He's accurate and gives me such good advice. I'm regaining some hope, and taking back my life. I'm thankful for my therapist.

Reviewed April 2022

Very good therapist! Very helpful and insightful, has helped me fight my problems and feel more confident about myself!

Reviewed April 2022

Mr uchendu has help me so much! Thank you

Reviewed April 2022

Leonard is a great therapist, hes very open-minded very understanding, hes easy to talk to and has help me find better ways to cope with my recent break up and depression, over all hes really good

Reviewed April 2022

I've been in therapy over the years off and on. My newest therapist Leonard came at a time which, I had decided to be transparent and open about everything. Not sure of what I was getting myself into with a new therapist and a male, that was quite different for me. Turns out to be a very good decision. Leonard's approach is calming, relaxing, and most of all therapeutic. Due to my many layers of trauma we are peeling back all layers.. He has help me to gain insight into my feelings and help me to acknowledge and understand these feelings. I've set goals that will help me to live in the now and have control over my future. He's very knowledgeable about my issues. Trauma and abuse. Self-esteem, and childhood issues. I can say with confidence that I feel so much better since I've had time in therapy with Leonard. I look forward to all my sessions. I have trust and feel comfortable with discussing various topics. I am getting better and better and better. Thank you so much Leonard for being great at what you do.

Reviewed March 2022

Leonard has been a wonderful therapist for me over these past few months. I was nervous to try therapy, but I was quickly able to establish a relationship with Leonard based on trust and understanding and compassion that made the process much easier and, in the end, extremely beneficial. He helped me open up to new methods for dealing with distress and negative thoughts and supported me as I began making those new methods habits in my daily life. Perhaps what I am most grateful for is the fact that Leonard has helped me become more compassionate and patient with myself. That has made everything easier. Leonard is a wonderful therapist and person. I am grateful for all he has helped me with and would highly recommend him to anyone.

Reviewed March 2022

Leonard has been helping me work through varying levels and types of anxiety with different techniques to combat and soothe most issues I encounter. He is a kind patient listener and I would recommend him to anyone who is seeking to better their mental health.

Reviewed February 2022

Leonard has demonstrated cautious, gentle care and patience while working with me. I appreciate his professional ability to create/demonstrate a safe and comfortable place for us to develope a trusting relationship with pressure or expeditious expectation. He is a skilled active and attentive listener. I appreciate his gentle but firm guidance through tough conversations or issues. I am grateful for Leonard and Better help.

Reviewed February 2022

I was impressed with Leo from early on and now that I’ve been in therapy for some time, I’m proud of who I’ve become as a result. I’ve never felt judged or mishandled in my vulnerability which fosters a very trusting relationship allowing for the best results!

Reviewed February 2022

I would recommend Leonard to anyone struggling to open up about who you are as a person. He asks the right questions and helps you to stay focused and move forward with treatment. Highly recommend.

Reviewed February 2022

He is a really awesome therapist.

Reviewed January 2022

Very good therapist and very insightful.

Reviewed December 2021

Leonard has been amazing. I am not always easy to deal with, I struggle with sharing and vulnerability. Leonard has been patient and kind, yet he stays on track to help me to get to the difficult parts that I try very hard to avoid. He has helped me in so many ways already and I would like to continue working with him for ever! That's how I know he's making a difference. Thank you for allowing me this life changing therapeutic resource!

Reviewed December 2021

Very attentive to my needs, and concerns. Very understanding and very professional.

Reviewed November 2021

Leonard has helped me to process severe grief. He is a compassionate listener and gives sound advice and therapy tools that have helped me immensely. I would recommend him to anyone who is struggling he will always make you feel heard and understood.

Reviewed November 2021

Mr. Uchendu was very helpful throughout this process. He was understanding and thoughtful. The resources that he provided also helped me a lot in between sessions.

Reviewed November 2021

He’s been essential for helping me with my anxiety and low sense of self. Without him I wouldn’t have developed a sense of understanding of my own importance and strengths. He always knew what to say during which moment. Through all of our sessions he has always been supportive, patient, and kind. It took a session or two for him to understand where the foundation of my issues came from but after that he helped me find healthy ways to help teach me to better myself. The questions he provided me along with the worksheets really helped with my mental development. `Now I have more tools and methods to keep myself growing and moving forward, or even picking myself up when I’m down. And for all of his help I’m eternally grateful

Reviewed November 2021

Leonard is a very talented and effective therapist. I enjoyed the sessions that I had with him and his specialty really helped me in what I was going through. He makes good use of the time allotted by following up on previous issues and keeping track of progress. I highly recommend Leonard to anyone struggling with mental health issues.

Reviewed November 2021

Leonard is very good listener and gives great advice, I am very glad able to have him as my therapist. Iam already experiencing positive changes

Reviewed November 2021

Leonard has been very supportive and helpful while helping me with depression. He's very good at encouraging setting manageable and attainable goals, both in the short and long term. So far, Leonard has helped me with managing emotional responses to outside factors and grief, as well as to recognize behavioural and communication patterns that I can adapt and improve. I would gladly recommend Leonard to anyone I knew struggling with mental or emotional health issues!

Reviewed November 2021

Leonard Uchendu is a fantastic therapist and highly skilled at getting to the root of an issue. 10/10

Reviewed November 2021

Leonard has been great so far. He is very experienced and is very efficient. I have benefitted greatly from our sessions.

Reviewed September 2021

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Frequently asked questions

Does Leonard Uchendu offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Leonard Uchendu works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Leonard Uchendu speak?

Leonard Uchendu speaks English.

How many years of experience does Leonard Uchendu have?

Leonard Uchendu has 8 years of experience.

Where is Leonard Uchendu licensed to practice?

Leonard Uchendu is licensed to practice in Michigan and Colorado.

Does Leonard Uchendu accept clients outside of the United States?

No, Leonard Uchendu does not accept clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Leonard Uchendu offer?

Leonard Uchendu offers clients Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Method, Hypnotherapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

How can I communicate with Leonard Uchendu?

Leonard Uchendu can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

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