About Heather
Heather Stample is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress or anxiety and those coping with depression or relationship strain. Her work emphasizes steady, manageable steps so clients can start to feel better over time.
Heather aims to create a kind and nonjudgmental space. She listens closely and builds a reliable working relationship. Sessions focus on small, achievable goals and practical strategies to reduce day-to-day distress.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on several methods, including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and attachment-informed work. Those methods are used to address worries, mood changes, and recurring patterns in relationships. Heather also brings psychodynamic and client-centered ideas into conversations when they fit the client's needs.
She has four years of clinical experience and holds an Illinois LCSW credential. Heather can work with people who are navigating ADHD, grief, chronic illness, codependency, and issues of trust and control. She also supports those dealing with feelings of emptiness, shame, or complicated family dynamics.
Heather describes therapy as a collaborative process. She helps people take baby steps, notice progress, and adjust plans as life changes. The goal is to help clients regain a sense of forward movement and increased resilience.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying personal values and taking small meaningful steps, which can be useful for anxiety and stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thought patterns and teaches practical skills to change behavior and mood. It is often used for anxiety and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy examines how early relationship patterns affect current reactions and helps people build healthier ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, everyday challenges, and preferences. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made. This collaborative method helps match strategies to what actually helps the person day to day.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, coping reminders, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent with a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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