About Heather
Heather O'Connell is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Ohio. She brings seven years of counseling experience and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, mood concerns, and life transitions. Heather speaks English and uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions.
Heather relies on approaches that help people change thoughts and behaviors and learn calming skills. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought patterns that fuel anxiety and to build more helpful habits.
Background and approach
Mindfulness-based tools are used to teach present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Trauma-focused methods guide work with people recovering from past harm. Her background includes work in community mental health where she saw a range of concerns, including depression, ADHD, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress.
That experience shaped a flexible style that balances skill-building with emotional support. Sessions often include concrete strategies, problem solving, and short practice assignments. In appointments Heather helps people sort priorities and set small, achievable goals.
She watches for what feels most useful and adjusts approaches to match each person’s needs. Communication skills, managing impulsivity, and reducing isolation are common areas of focus. Parents and young adults often seek help for self-esteem, social anxiety, or coping with major changes.
Heather aims to create a steady, reliable therapeutic relationship. She works with people who want clear tools and real-world steps to feel better.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Heather commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety or low mood going. CBT often includes short exercises to try between sessions and practical steps to test new ways of coping.She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy, which teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. For people affected by past harm, Trauma-Focused Therapy helps identify how traumatic experiences shape present reactions and builds safer ways to manage triggers.
Choosing the right approach happens together. Heather will talk about what feels most important, try techniques, and adjust plans based on the person’s goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps match methods to real-life concerns.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and whiteboard-style explanations. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text work well for quick check-ins, written exercises, or people who prefer typing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep work moving forward between sessions.
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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