Leela Kealani, NCPS
Leela Kealani is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience.
About Leela
Leela Kealani is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, improve self-esteem, and work through the effects of trauma and abuse. Her style is practical and straightforward, focused on what clients want to change.
Leela listens for the parts of a person's story that matter most. She works with clients on relationship struggles, communication problems, and issues around abandonment and attachment.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing mood disorders, panic attacks, social anxiety and phobias. Her work includes body-centred or somatic approaches that help release traumatic reactions held in the body. This means sessions can include gentle attention to physical sensations alongside talking.
Clients also explore feelings such as guilt, shame and isolation while building self-love and confidence. Leela helps people dealing with life transitions like divorce and separation, and those sorting out their life purpose or struggling with body image. She aims to find realistic steps clients can try between sessions, so change carries over into daily life.
People who choose her can expect a collaborative process. Leela treats the person in front of her as the expert on their life and offers practical tools and steady support to help them move forward.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| NCPS | NCS22-03541 | September 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Leela lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Leela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that are adaptable to online work. One strand of her practice is somatic-informed counselling, which pays attention to bodily sensations and movement to help release stored responses to trauma. This can be done over video or phone with guided awareness and simple exercises to try during a session. She also employs talk-based therapeutic methods that help identify patterns in thinking and behaviour related to anxiety, mood and relationships. These methods focus on practical strategies and problem-solving that clients can use between sessions to reduce panic and improve communication. Finding the right approach is treated as a shared process. She works with each person to test what fits best for their needs, goals and comfort. That collaborative attitude means plans are adjusted as therapy progresses to match what helps most. Online formats offer practical benefits for many people. Video calls keep visual contact for body-aware work, phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier for quick check-ins, and live chat or text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection and shorter updates between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and daily routines while still getting consistent therapeutic support.Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. Additional areas include panic, social anxiety, attachment and body image.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, combining talk-based work with somatic techniques to address how feelings show up in the body. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can use between appointments.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of professional counselling experience working with the concerns listed above.
What credentials and where is she based?
She holds NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently taking international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Session cost varies by location and therapist availability and is provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to her availability.