About Heather
Heather Rink-Rosas is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with people coping with stress and anxiety and helps those struggling with addictions, trauma, grief, depression, and anger. Heather speaks English and Spanish and aims to meet people where they are without judgment or labels.
Heather uses practical talk and evidence-informed methods to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
She often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to map how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. That helps clients spot small changes that ease daily distress and reduce anxiety symptoms. She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy strategies to clarify values and create meaningful goals.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance. Her mix of approaches is chosen to match each person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Sessions focus on clear steps, real-life practice, and short-term skills people can use between visits.
Heather personalizes treatment plans and invites clients to shape the process. She stresses practical tools, steady progress, and honest conversation. Starting therapy can feel hard, and Heather recognizes that first step takes courage.
She encourages people to reach out in the language they prefer and to try a format that fits their schedule and comfort.
How Heather’s approaches translate to online therapy
Heather often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Online sessions can be used to set practical homework, practice skills between meetings, and track changes in mood and routines. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another common part of her work - it focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small actions toward those values even when anxiety or fear shows up. That approach pairs well with short online check-ins and exercises clients can return to during the week.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Heather will discuss your goals and preferences and then recommend techniques that match your needs. She adapts methods over time, so the plan can shift if something isn’t working or new priorities emerge.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let therapists and clients use visual cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions can fit a short break during a busy day or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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