
Michigan
Leah Light, LMSW
Licensed Master Social Worker
Life brings change and loss, and having a compassionate and skilled therapist to walk with you can make all the difference. As a Licensed Clinical Therapist with over a decade of specializing in grief therapy and ten years of hospice social work, I offer supportive, grounded care to individuals and families navigating life’s hardest transitions.
Clients describe my approach as compassionate, authentic, and refreshingly real. I blend evidence-based methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with warmth, gentle humor, and a client-centered focus to create a safe space where healing begins. Whether you’re facing grief, trauma, anxiety, life transitions, or seeking clarity, I’m here to walk alongside you with curiosity and care. My practice welcomes clients ages 16 through adulthood and into later life, including those from the LGBTQ+ community and those experiencing compounded losses. Together, we’ll find meaningful steps forward to discover resilience and build lasting strength.
I work with
Accepted insurances
- 6 Degrees
- 90 Degree Benefits
- Aegis LLC
- Aetna/ First Health
- Aetna
- Aetna Affordable Health Choices/ Aetna Voluntary
- Aetna EAP
- Allstate Benefits (through Allied Benefit Systems)
- American Continental (Aetna Senior Supplemental)
- Assured Benefit Administrators
- Boon-Chapman Administrators/ Wellnet Healthcare
- Christian Brothers Services
I specialize in
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Mood Disorder
- Relationship/Family Stress
- General Behavioral Issues
- Grief and Bereavement
- Self Esteem
- Life Transitions
- Stress
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Humanistic
- Person-Centered
Treatment approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Humanistic
- Person-Centered
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Brief Psychotherapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Therapy
- Crisis Intervention
- Existential
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic
- Trauma Focused
Communities I work with
- Military/Veteran Allied
- LGBTQIA+ Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Healthcare Professionals
- Gay Allied
- First Responders/Law Enforcement
- Queer Allied
- Sex-Positivity / Kink
- Victim/Survivor of Abuse or Other Interpersonal Crime
- Transgender Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Intersex Allied
Education
LMSW
Wayne State UniversityGraduated 2016