Desired Connections Psychotherapy

Heal + Connect + Desire

Dr. Leigha Ward, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, smiles happily at the camera. She is wearing a sage green dress, sitting outside at a wooden picnic table.

Welcome! I’m Dr. Leigha Ward (she/her), a Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in affirming online sex and relationship therapy for clients in Texas and beyond.

It is my goal and my passion to assist you in connecting intimately with yourself and others in order to achieve the life you want. While I’m located in Austin, Texas, I’m also licensed as a PSYPACT provider, which means that I can see clients virtually in 38 additional states.

Whether you are seeking sex therapy or assistance with life transitions, my goal in our work together is to help you to find your own path to peace and acceptance. Life can bring a variety of challenges, but you are stronger than you think!

I can empower you to cope with difficulties in a way that has meaning and value to you, which can improve how you see yourself and lead to improvements in how you relate to others.

You absolutely have the right to live your best life, and I want to help you achieve this!

"The greatest poverty is not to live

In a physical world, to feel that one's desire

Is too difficult to tell from despair." 

— Wallace Stevens, Ibid. XV

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I approach therapy from an empowerment model, combining years of experience as both a sex and relationship therapist and a labor and delivery nurse.

This means I believe that every individual not only has the right to express their wants, needs, and desires, but they also have the ability!

Getting clear about who you are and what you want are the first steps to becoming the person you were meant to be — and getting the results you desire.

Whether you want to connect more fully with your partner, achieve a lifelong goal, simply get past a difficult life story, or overcome trauma, I can help you to uncover your potential and accept yourself fully.

You are a strong, amazing individual, and you have the capacity to improve your relationship with yourself and others!

My unique background also means I am comfortable in the uncomfortable.

I offer online therapy for clients throughout Texas, as well as 38 other PSYPACT states to help you navigate the things that are hard to talk about.

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INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

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COUPLES THERAPY

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SEX THERAPY

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INFERTILITY & PREGNANCY LOSS

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POSTPARTUM ANXIETY & DEPRESSION

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BIRTH TRAUMA

Affirming Online Therapy for Healing + Connection Throughout Texas and Beyond

Desired Connections Psychotherapy

1301 S Capital of Texas Hwy, Suite C-130

West Lake Hills, TX 78746

Get in Touch:

drleigha@drleighaward.com

512-402-3465