Category: Self-Possession

2 Simple Self-Care Actions to Improve Your Day

March 16, 2019

“Old Way” (not) Self-Care Ever wake up in the morning stiff and unready to face the day? Achy joints? Feet that hurt the minute they …

Bioenergetics

What is Emotional Fitness?

October 10, 2018

In order to understand what emotional fitness is, let’s use physical fitness as an analogy. What is Physical Fitness? Physical fitness is: Strength Flexibility Agility …

Emotional Success

Emotional Success: How To Overcome Obstacles

November 6, 2017

What do I mean by emotional success? I mean – the ability to actually start doing things or stop doing things rather than talking about …

Emotional Success

How To Improve Your Self-Confidence

October 30, 2017

Let’s face it, improving your self-confidence is not an easy task. You are going to have to rewire your brain significantly in order to achieve …

LeahBensonTherapy.com Blog Post Bloodlust

Aggression

Bloodlust (Why We Like A Fight)

August 18, 2016

Why does this happen? Why do people perpetrate cruelty and violence on others or silently root for it as it goes on?

How to Have Poise Photo of Katharine Hepburn

Psychotherapy Tampa

Who doesn’t want to have poise? To be able to feel life, but also to remain composed when things get crazy. So how do you get it? That magical ability to feel all the ups and downs of life, but maintain your cool in any given moment.

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

I know Leah as a well-grounded, compassionate, and skilled therapist as well as a warm-hearted and self-aware person with a healthy sense of humor. Leah’s years of training and experience in psychoanalysis, along with a healthy dose of pure intuition, add to her bioenergetic sessions. She creates a safe space for clients to express and process locked-away feelings.

Viviane Hens, LPC - Atlanta, GA

Leah’s work with me was transformative. She really understood how my life worked (and didn’t) and what mattered to me. She had the right mix of caring and “no B.S.” that helped me uncover some of the painful blocks in my life keeping me from living happily and successfully. Through the analysis and energetic work, I felt freer and was able to find more effective and satisfying ways of being in my work, in my relationships, and with myself.

Hans -Gainesville, FL

I’ve only been working with Leah for a few months, and I’ve noticed that I’ve become much more present within myself. She has this way of making you feel comfortable even if you’re uncomfortable with yourself. The bioenergetic method of therapy has helped with uncovering feelings and experiences I can’t verbalize. Leah guides you throughout the process but never pushes beyond the point that you’re uncomfortable. I’m finally starting to be okay with feeling, and it’s all because of her.

JJ - Tampa, FL

From my very first session with Leah, I knew that she was different—that the type of therapy (bioenergetic therapy) was different and that it might actually work. I have tried different types of therapy on and off through the years. I can say that I have made a considerable amount of forward progress since I started working with Leah and the method of therapy that she uses.

Beatrice - Tampa, FL

When starting couples therapy with Leah, I was very skeptical at first upon hearing about bioenergetics. But when combined with the talking aspect, you discover (as a client) how interconnected your body and mind are—as one machine that is constantly trying to maintain harmony with itself. What I was most surprised at was the amount of energy the body stores from everyday events, especially trauma, that needs to be released to alleviate your own suffering. The power and methods of this approach accomplish that very effectively.

Kevin - Tampa, FL