Get Out of Your Head

Reclaim Your Peace.

Trauma-informed therapy and intensives for high-achieving women and mothers — especially Black and Brown women — navigating anxiety, burnout, and birth-related trauma.

Serving the Tampa Bay area and clients across the state of Florida

(Virtually and In Person)

Feeling Drained Even Though You’re Doing Everything “Right”?

You’ve done everything you were supposed to do.
You built the career. You show up for everyone. You keep things moving.

And yet… something still feels off.

You can’t quite name it, but you know this isn’t how life is meant to feel.

I work with high-achieving, emotionally intelligent women and mothers who look capable on the outside, but feel stretched thin and disconnected on the inside — often without fully understanding why.

Many of my clients are:

Driven, thoughtful, and deeply responsible
The go-to person for family, work, and community
Used to pushing through discomfort rather than slowing down

And this season of life feels heavier than they expected.

When they first come to therapy, they’re often:

Exhausted from holding everything together for everyone else
Second-guessing decisions, even ones they used to feel confident about
Striving for perfection, yet feeling like they’re quietly falling short

They’re running on empty — disconnected from joy, operating on minimal bandwidth, and struggling to show up as the version of themselves they know exists underneath it all.

Over time, confidence erodes. Not because they aren’t capable — but because they’ve been living in a constant state of doing and self-monitoring.

Before starting therapy, many find themselves stuck in a cycle of overworking and burnout. They try making big changes — switching jobs, pushing harder, pulling back, starting over — only to realize the relief never lasts.

Deep down, they know no amount of rest, productivity, or “fixing” can soothe the persistent feeling of never being enough… or somehow being too much.

They feel guilty for wanting more ease when others have it worse.
They worry this level of stress might just be their normal.

But it doesn’t have to be.

You deserve to take up space in your own life — without guilt or apology.
You deserve to loosen the grip of constant control and meet life’s challenges with greater steadiness and calm.

Imagine feeling:

At peace with yourself and your decisions
Confident setting boundaries and honoring your needs
Capable of handling stress without burning yourself out

This work isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about helping your system feel safe enough to come back to you..

Whether through ongoing therapy or focused intensives, you can reclaim your peace and reconnect with yourself.

If you’re ready to break the cycle of overwhelm and live with more ease and intention, let’s make it happen together.

Ready to feel lighter and more present?

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Meet Leighya

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor based in Land O’ Lakes, Florida, I work with women across the entire state—serving Lutz, Wesley Chapel, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Ft. Myers, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Orlando through virtual and in-person care.

My mission is simple: to help ambitious, caring women break free from cycles of over-functioning, overwhelm, and quiet burnout so they can live with more ease, authenticity, and self-trust.

I’m more than just a therapist—I’m a healing facilitator, trauma disruptor, and anxiety tamer, dedicated to helping you embrace self-love and reclaim your peace. Whether you’re navigating perfectionism, anxiety, grief, or the mental load that never seems to end, I’ll help you slow down, reconnect with yourself, and build a life that actually feels as good as it looks.

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How Therapy Works Here

This is not surface-level therapy — and it’s not about fixing you.

Many of the women who find their way here have already done a lot of insight work. They understand why they feel the way they do, yet their body continues to react as if they’re under threat.

That’s because anxiety, burnout, and trauma don’t live only in the mind — they live in the nervous system.

My approach is trauma-informed, somatic, and relational, meaning we work with both your internal world and your body’s responses, at a pace that supports safety rather than overwhelm.

The Foundations of the Work

I integrate evidence-based, trauma-conscious methods including:

Brainspotting — a brain–body approach that helps process unresolved trauma and stress stored in the nervous system, without needing to relive or retell everything.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) — a parts-based framework that helps you understand and soften the inner protectors driving overfunctioning, self-criticism, and control.
Somatic and nervous system regulation practices — to build capacity, increase emotional resilience, and help your system feel safe enough to settle.

Together, this work supports deep, lasting change — not just symptom management.

Women of Color and Anxiety

You've carried burdens with strength and now let’s unlock ease, peace, and joy you deserve.
Birth Trauma

Your journey doesn’t have to end with suffering. Let’s work together to transform pain into resilience and strength.
Brainspotting

From Pain to Peace: Journey Towards Healing and Wholeness with Brainspotting
Therapy Intensives

A focused space to go deeper, process what’s been weighing on you, and create real movement in a single day or weekend.