About Heather
Heather Dillard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. She writes plainly and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone worried and scrolling on a phone. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, with attention to how problems affect both body and mind.
Heather uses a whole-body perspective in sessions. She pays attention to physical sensations as well as thoughts and emotions.
Background and approach
That can help when anxiety shows up as tension, sleep trouble, or body pain alongside worry. She draws from client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas help identify unhelpful thinking and build different habits.
Mindfulness and somatic work bring gentle attention to breath, bodily feeling, and the present moment. Heather also works with trauma-related concerns and grief using trauma-informed approaches that respect pacing and safety. She supports people dealing with depression, low self-esteem, career strain, caregiving fatigue, chronic pain or illness, and struggles around eating and purpose.
All sessions are offered online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to reduce travel and fit into busy lives. Heather has 13 years of experience and practices in Texas as an LPC. To begin, someone completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their routine.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Heather commonly blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to create a practical, person-focused plan. Client-centered work means the therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead to set goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches simple skills to reduce worry and change unhelpful patterns.She also uses mindfulness and somatic elements to help people notice how stress shows up in the body and to practice calming skills in real time. Mindfulness practices train attention on the present moment and are helpful for anxiety and rumination. Somatic techniques bring awareness to breath, posture, and body sensations to reduce tension related to trauma or chronic pain.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Heather will collaborate with each person to decide what to try first based on their goals, needs, and what feels doable. That collaborative process allows gradual adjustments if something isn't helping.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make sessions easier to fit into a week. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when multitasking. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make therapy more flexible and accessible for busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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