Licensed to practice in Florida and accepts 10 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Couples Counseling, Life Transitions and 5 more.
New to Grow
I'm Lee West, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Florida. I work with individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, life transitions, marriage, parenting, and family stress. My style is warm, respectful, practical, and grounded. Before becoming a therapist, I spent many years in the power/utility industry, which helps me understand real-life pressure, responsibility, work stress, and major life transitions.
In our first session, we will take time to get to know one another and talk about what brings you to therapy. I will ask about your current concerns, important relationships, background, strengths, and what you hope will be different through counseling. My goal is to create a calm, welcoming space where you feel heard, understood, and supported as we begin identifying a direction for our work together.
I bring warmth, curiosity, life experience, and a steady presence to my sessions. I try to help clients feel safe while also gently inviting them to look at patterns that may be keeping them stuck. My approach is relational and practical. I often draw from attachment-based therapy, emotionally focused work, Gottman-informed couples therapy, family systems, CBT, solution-focused therapy, and Gestalt/experiential approaches. I value both insight and real steps toward change.
I work well with clients who feel overwhelmed, stuck, discouraged, or disconnected and want a steady, supportive place to sort through what is happening. Many of the clients I work with are navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, marriage or family stress, parenting challenges, life transitions, work stress, or adjustment difficulties. I appreciate clients who are open to reflection, willing to be honest about patterns that are not working, and interested in taking practical steps toward healthier relationships, stronger coping, and meaningful change.
I use CBT to help clients notice how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact. Together, we look for patterns that may be increasing anxiety, depression, stress, or relationship difficulties, and we work on practical tools that can help clients respond in healthier and more intentional ways.
I use attachment-based therapy to help clients understand how important relationships shape the way they connect, protect themselves, and respond to others. This can be helpful for anxiety, relationship struggles, marriage concerns, family patterns, and feeling emotionally disconnected.
I use emotionally focused therapy to help clients slow down, identify what is happening beneath conflict or distress, and communicate in a more open and connected way. This approach can be especially helpful for couples, families, and individuals who want to better understand emotions and relationship patterns.
I use family systems therapy to help clients understand how relationships, roles, communication patterns, and family history affect current struggles. Rather than seeing problems in isolation, we look at the larger relational patterns and work toward healthier ways of responding.
I use Gottman-informed tools to help couples strengthen friendship, improve communication, manage conflict more effectively, and rebuild trust and connection. These tools can give couples practical ways to understand their patterns and work toward a healthier relationship.