Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
How Heather works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Arizona
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Heather
Heather Scarbrough is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with ten years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life changes. She works with individuals on stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and parenting concerns. Heather offers a calm, straightforward approach so clients can start making changes soon.
Heather draws on practical methods to address everyday problems. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Background and approach
She also uses emotion-focused and attachment-based strategies to improve communication and repair painful patterns in close relationships. Trauma work is part of her skill set, with approaches that help people process difficult memories and reduce their impact on daily life. Heather integrates tools from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills when feelings become overwhelming.
In sessions she helps people sort priorities, manage parenting stress, cope with grief, and handle challenges related to ADHD, bipolar disorder, or compassion fatigue. She pays attention to how past attachment experiences influence current reactions and relationships. Heather aims to make therapy practical and usable.
She partners with clients to set clear goals and practice new skills between sessions. Her work is direct but compassionate, focused on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Heather lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
Approaches for strong emotions in online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how past connections affect trust, communication, and reactions in close relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical steps to change them, which can reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and skills for managing intense feelings and impulsive actions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your concerns and try different strategies together to find what fits best with your goals and daily life. Treatment plans are adjusted as progress is tracked so therapy stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls let you work face to face when deeper conversation or demonstration of skills helps. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These formats help fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
Questions people ask about Heather
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and parenting issues. Additional focuses include grief, intimacy concerns, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She combines cognitive-behavioral methods with attachment and emotion-focused techniques to teach new skills and improve relationships.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Heather has ten years of clinical experience working with individuals on a range of mental health and life-change issues.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, listed as LMFT, practicing in Arizona.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Heather offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.