Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
How Heather works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, CSW
- Licensed in
- Colorado, Michigan, Illinois, Louisiana
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Heather
Heather Friend is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and relationship strain. She greets new clients with a warm, nonjudgmental approach and aims to build strength and emotional clarity one step at a time. Heather works in a collaborative way, moving at a pace that feels right for each person.
She focuses on creating a respectful space where people can talk through what they are carrying.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical skills and clearer thinking so daily life feels more manageable. She also supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, addictions, sleeping and eating concerns, and changes in mood like depression or bipolar struggles. Heather uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs.
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to notice unhelpful thoughts and dialectical skills for emotion regulation. Attachment-informed ideas guide work around intimacy and past relational pain. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters and move toward those values.
Her background includes eight years of clinical experience and professional social work credentials. Heather offers weekday, evening, and weekend appointments to fit busy schedules. Live sessions run about 45 minutes and she also responds to messages for extra support, usually within 24 hours.
Sessions can be arranged through the Start Therapy process and scheduled according to availability. Heather aims to make therapy practical, flexible, and focused on helping people feel more grounded and capable in everyday life.
What Heather works with
Everything Heather lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Heather's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Heather lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Heather uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical alternatives that change feelings and behavior. This approach can help with anxiety, anger, sleep, and mood problems.She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy ideas to look at how early relationships shape current connection and intimacy struggles. That work helps people understand patterns and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more comfortable.
Choosing an approach is a joint process. Heather will talk with each person about goals, needs, and what feels most useful. Together they try strategies, check what helps, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online work is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions suit deeper conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging make it easier to fit short check-ins into a busy day and to get timely support between sessions.
Questions people ask about Heather
What concerns does Heather commonly help with?
She works with stress, anger, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, addictions, mood disorders, and related concerns listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, supportive, and open-minded. Sessions are collaborative, paced to the client, and focused on building practical skills and emotional clarity.
What is her clinical background?
She has eight years of clinical experience as a social worker and has worked with a broad range of concerns related to mood, trauma, and relationships.
Which credentials and location apply?
Heather holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices from Colorado with licensure as an Illinois LCSW and Colorado LCSW.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexibility in how people connect.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.