Geraldine Leary, LCSW

Geraldine Leary is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Arizona with over 30 years of experience. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, trauma, bipolar challenges, anger, and compassion fatigue. Geraldine also helps with self-esteem and coping with life changes.

Her style is straightforward and practical. She listens for strengths, patterns, and the internal dialogue that shapes daily choices. Sessions focus on clear steps you can take, not on abstract talk. She uses methods that help calm the mind and break unhelpful cycles.

Geraldine combines Client-Centered approaches with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques. She also uses mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing to help people make concrete changes. That mix is applied to what each person needs rather than a single formula.

She has worked across outpatient, residential, in-home, and inpatient settings. Her experience includes individual, group, family, and couples counseling and spans ages roughly 12 through 95. This background informs a practical approach to real-life pressures like work, money, health, and caregiving.

In sessions she aims to be present, direct, and respectful. Geraldine says she can be challenging in a carefrontational way that still feels safe for many people. Together she and the client set goals and build a plan to address the problems that are getting in the way of daily functioning.

How Geraldine applies brief therapies online