About Heather
Heather Burgess is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She began practice after earning her master’s degree in 2018 and now offers counseling focused on practical steps and steady support. Heather aims to listen without judgment and help clients set clear, achievable goals for change.
She uses an integrative approach built largely on cognitive behavioral therapy, combined with trauma-informed ways of working. Sessions often include concrete tools for managing anxiety, stress, mood shifts, addiction concerns, and relationship or parenting challenges.
Background and approach
Heather favors action-oriented plans and creative strategies tailored to each person’s situation. Heather has experience in residential substance use settings and crisis advocacy work. She has provided in-home therapy to families when a young person faces potential out-of-home placement, coordinating with schools and community services to support safer outcomes.
Her background also includes work on teams focused on acute treatment and offering community education on topics such as sex trafficking. Clients can expect a collaborative style where the therapist asks questions, teaches skills, and practices new ways of coping together. Heather emphasizes self-awareness, symptom management, and steps that produce small wins over time.
She also uses motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques to help sustain change. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, substance use, trauma and grief, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and blended family or caregiver stress. Heather works with individuals aged 13 and up and tailors plans to fit life circumstances and goals.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take steps toward those values even when anxiety or difficult feelings arise. It uses practical exercises to notice thoughts without getting stuck and to commit to small actions that add up.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replacing them with skills that change mood and function. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and many stress-related problems through short exercises and homework between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication, which can be helpful when feelings feel overwhelming or interpersonal conflicts arise.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Heather will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She checks in about what is helping, adjusts the plan, and introduces new tools as needed so therapy stays practical and goal-focused.
Online therapy gives flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls let clients practice skills while talking through them in real time. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when internet bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and skill coaching possible between longer sessions, which supports steady progress without extra travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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