How Heidi works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Arizona
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Heidi
Heidi Long is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 12 years of experience who helps people manage anger and related concerns. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to reduce stress and improve relationships. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at making change feel doable rather than overwhelming.
She draws from approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and stress-management skills.
Background and approach
Sessions commonly include learning simple breathing and grounding techniques, identifying triggers, and practicing new ways to respond in heated moments. Heidi adapts the pace to each person's needs so progress is steady and realistic. Heidi also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered methods to look at how early relationships affect current patterns.
This helps people understand why they react the way they do and how to build safer connections with others. Work often moves between skill practice and talking through relationship history to create new options in the present. She has supported people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, parenting strain, ADHD challenges, and trauma-related stress.
Heidi emphasizes respect and sensitivity and aims to tailor conversations and goals to each person’s situation. That pragmatic, respectful approach guides the plan she builds with every client. Based in Arizona, Heidi offers flexible session formats that fit busy lives.
Her focus is on helping people feel more in control of their emotions and better equipped to handle life's conflicts.
What Heidi works with
Everything Heidi lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Heidi's practice.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Heidi lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic 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 managing strong emotions online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for anger, anxiety, and life transitions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT offers concrete skills for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. These skills are often used when anger and stress feel overwhelming.Heidi also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to explore how early relationship patterns shape current reactions. That work helps people understand triggers and try new ways of relating. Choosing the right approach is part of therapy; the therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences and adjust the plan over time.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video works well for deeper conversation and skill demonstrations, phone can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited, and messaging is useful for shorter updates or between-session support. These options help people keep continuity with care, make scheduling easier, and let therapy happen from wherever the client is able to meet.
Questions people ask about Heidi
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, intimacy issues, self-esteem, and parenting and relationship challenges.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and compassionate, mixing skills training with conversational work to help people manage emotions and change patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and life stressors.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, AZ LMFT, and practices out of Arizona.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she provide?
She sees people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.