About
Leighton Keen, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) · Little Rock, Arkansas · In person and online
For more than ten years, Leighton has walked alongside women and couples through some of life's most tender seasons: trying to grow a family, grieving a loss, carrying a pregnancy, and finding their feet as new parents. Natural State Women's Wellness is a quiet place to set down what you've been holding and be met with care.
Her story
Why Leighton does this work
Leighton's path into reproductive and maternal mental health is a personal one. Her own experience of recurrent pregnancy loss showed her how lonely and complicated the road to parenthood can be. Today she is a mother after loss, and that lived understanding, together with her clinical training, shapes how she sits with each person who comes to her.
She has worked in private practice, community mental health, and adoption and foster care. Her focus is infertility, pregnancy loss, pregnancy after loss, birth trauma, pregnancy and postpartum, and adoption, along with the grief, anxiety, depression, and trauma that can come with the journey to and through parenthood.
Her approach is client-centered and collaborative. She adapts her methods to what each person needs, drawing on cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, and mindfulness practices, and she cares deeply about healthy relationships, healthy boundaries, self-advocacy, and self-care. Leighton is committed to cultural competency, and her office is a safe space for people of every race, ethnicity, and faith background.
Training
Credentials
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Arkansas, License #[LICENSE #]
- Also licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in Tennessee [TN LICENSE # — confirm active]
- Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Harding University
- Bachelor's degree in Psychology [SCHOOL]
- Certified Family Trauma Professional
- Trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Completed the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's mental health professional training modules
- More than ten years of clinical experience
Professional memberships
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
- RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
Beyond the office
A little more about Leighton
Leighton was born and raised in Arkansas. After graduate school she spent five years in Nashville, Tennessee, and she now lives in Little Rock. She is mom to a toddler daughter, so you might spot the two of them at the zoo or at library storytime. She loves cooking gluten- and dairy-free meals, has traveled widely, is active in her church, and treasures time with family and friends.
Together
What working together feels like
Therapy with Leighton is a conversation, not a script. You set the pace, and together you work toward the goals that matter to you. Her own story and her years of clinical work mean she listens closely, so you leave feeling heard, validated, and a little more hopeful about the road ahead.
Appointments are available during the day, in person in Little Rock or by secure video.