Leah Alviar, LPC

Leah Alviar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who combines decades of clinical practice with extensive experience in higher education. She holds a Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership from the University of the Incarnate Word, an M.A. in Counseling from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and a B.S. in Generic Special Education from Our Lady of the Lake University. With more than 22 years in counseling and education, she brings a practical, evidence-informed approach to helping individuals, couples, families, and students.

Her career spans leadership roles in local, regional, and state counseling organizations, authorship of professional work, and presentations at local, state, and national conferences. She has served as an editor for Ph.D. student dissertations and continues to teach graduate counseling courses and undergraduate preparation classes at multiple universities. In her current role as Senior Director at the University of the Incarnate Word, she also draws on prior positions as Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, instructional designer, adjunct professor in an M.A. in Counseling program, Director of Field Experience, assistant professor of education at OLLU, and professional school counselor in several San Antonio ISDs.

Across clinical work and teaching, Leah has supported people facing anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, communication and relationship challenges, parenting and family concerns, career planning, self-esteem struggles, and major life transitions. Her style is solution-focused and client-centered, and she integrates cognitive behavioral techniques when appropriate to meet each person’s needs. Outside of work she has been married to her high school sweetheart for nearly 25 years, is a parent of three sons, and enjoys fishing, outdoor activities, reading, travel, movies, ultrarunning, skydiving, and quilting.