- Guilt and shame work
- Compassion fatigue focus
- Life transition support
About Lea
Lea Frances-Poll is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of experience in clinical work. She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem concerns, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Lea also focuses on codependency, control issues, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, and women's issues.
She keeps sessions direct and practical. Lea listens and asks targeted questions that help people name what they're feeling. She helps clients break down overwhelming emotions into smaller, manageable steps. Conversations often cover patterns that keep someone stuck and small experiments to try between sessions.
Lea pays particular attention to guilt and shame as they show up in daily life. She helps people understand where those feelings come from and how they affect behavior and relationships. Work may include noticing self-critical thoughts and testing new ways of responding to them.
For people feeling burnt out or drained, Lea addresses compassion fatigue and burnout with attention to boundaries and realistic changes. When grief or major life transitions are present, sessions aim to hold the practical tasks and the heavy feelings at once. Lea supports exploring life purpose and meaning without imposing outcomes.
She states a clear preference for an open, secular approach and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients and older adults. Lea encourages newcomers to begin by describing their current problem and what they hope will be different. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How therapeutic approaches guide online sessions
Lea uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people make sense of distressing emotions and change unhelpful patterns. One common approach focuses on identifying and testing thoughts that fuel guilt and shame, helping clients try gentler, more realistic self-statements in everyday situations. This approach is useful for anxiety, low self-esteem, and persistent self-criticism.Another frequent method works on behavior and small experiments to shift patterns tied to codependency and control issues. Sessions often set simple, measurable tasks to practice between meetings so clients can see what shifts and what stays the same. This helps with coping during life changes and with rebuilding confidence after grief or burnout.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lea treats the choice of methods as collaborative and will help clients decide what fits their goals, needs, and preferences. She listens to feedback and adjusts techniques as therapy proceeds.
Confirm the specific online session options before booking, because formats were not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel and allowing sessions during a lunch break or from another quiet spot. Some formats also let people choose shorter check-ins when time or energy is limited, which can help maintain momentum between longer sessions.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Utah, Arizona, Nevada
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include codependency, control issues, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, and women's issues.
How would she approach shame or guilt in sessions?
She listens for how guilt and shame show up in daily life and asks focused questions to help name those patterns. Work often includes noticing self-critical thoughts and trying new responses between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience working with individuals through major transitions and ongoing concerns like anxiety and grief.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices from Utah.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography.
How are fees handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.