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Leela Kealani, NCPS
- Credentials
- NCPS
- Experience
- 5 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseSelf esteemDepression
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Leela Kealani is a counsellor with five years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. Her style is straightforward and grounded, aiming to make therapy understandable and practical for a worried parent reading on a phone.
She combines talking work with attention to how the body holds distress, using somatic approaches to help release trauma held in physical sensations.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on recognising strengths, naming patterns and building small, manageable skills for coping. Leela encourages people to see themselves as the expert in their story while she offers guidance and tools. Clients can expect conversations that are calm and paced to their needs.
She pays attention to how attachment and past losses show up in current relationships. Practical topics often include communication problems, feelings of abandonment, guilt and shame, and struggles with body image or self-worth. Leela also supports work on mood and anxiety disorders such as panic attacks and social anxiety, and on the aftermath of separation or trauma.
She aims to help clients find clearer life purpose and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others. Her sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Leela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside somatic work to help people feel steadier in day-to-day life. One approach focuses on talking through patterns in thoughts and behaviours to reduce anxiety and low mood; it helps with panic attacks, social anxiety and mood disorders. Another approach emphasises body-centred practices that notice breath, tension and bodily sensations to gently release stored trauma and reduce reactivity.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Leela will work collaboratively to identify what fits the client’s needs, goals and preferences. Together they will try methods, notice what helps, and adjust the plan over time so sessions feel relevant and manageable.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, written reflection or people who find typing easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare and daily routines.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
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