Specialties & approach
Specialties & Approach
Focused care for women and couples through fertility, pregnancy, loss, postpartum, and the early years of parenthood, and for the relationships that carry you through them.
Clients
Who Leighton works with
Leighton works with women and couples, especially those on the road to or through parenthood. [AGE RANGE — confirm, e.g. adults 18+]
Concerns Leighton often helps with
- Infertility and fertility treatment
- Pregnancy loss and infant loss
- Pregnancy after loss
- Pregnancy and postpartum, including birth trauma
- Motherhood and the transition to parenthood
- Adoption, including failed adoption
- Couples and marriage
- The grief, anxiety, depression, and trauma that can come with the road to and through parenthood
Formats
Ways to work together
In person in Little Rock, or by secure video for clients located in Arkansas.
Individual
One-on-one sessions for women, in person or online.
Couples
Sessions for partners, including couples walking through fertility challenges or loss together.
Family
[Y/N — confirm whether family sessions are offered]
Groups
[Y/N]
Method
Approach
Leighton's approach is client-centered and collaborative. She tailors each session to you, drawing on:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Practical tools for noticing and shifting the thought patterns that keep anxiety and low mood going.
- Trauma-Focused CBT. Leighton is trained in TF-CBT and is a Certified Family Trauma Professional, for care after difficult or traumatic experiences, including birth trauma.
- Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy. Research-based couples approaches for communication, connection, and repair. [GOTTMAN / EFT TRAINING LEVEL — confirm]
- Narrative therapy. Room to tell your story in your own words and to see yourself as more than the hardest chapter.
- Structural family and systemic therapy. As a Marriage and Family Therapist, Leighton looks at the relationships and life context around you, not only at what is happening inside you.
- Mindfulness. Gentle, present-moment practices for staying grounded through uncertainty and waiting.
What a session looks like
Sessions are [LENGTH] minutes and are held during the day, in person in Little Rock or by secure video. [PLACEHOLDER: rest not yet drafted]