About Heidi
Heidi Shock is a licensed master social worker who focuses on helping people cope with anxiety and other challenges. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental atmosphere where someone can talk openly about what feels hard. Her tone is direct and approachable, aimed at people who are nervous about starting therapy.
She uses practical tools and clear conversation to address problems like depression, trauma, substance use, grief, ADHD, and stress. Sessions often include skills to manage strong emotions and steps to change unhelpful thoughts.
Background and approach
Heidi blends approaches so people can try methods that feel useful to them. Heidi has 14 years of experience working with high-risk adults in settings connected to the criminal justice system. Her training includes a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and a Master of Social Work from Michigan State University.
She lists her credential as LMSW. In sessions she emphasizes collaboration and short-term goals. People can expect a mix of talking, practical exercises, and gentle challenges to tested thinking patterns.
Heidi also addresses relationship concerns, parenting stress, and life transitions when those issues affect day-to-day functioning. Her style is down-to-earth and steady. She encourages realistic steps and celebrates small changes.
For someone overwhelmed by anxiety, she aims to make the process manageable and focused on things that help now.
How Heidi’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust so clients feel heard and understood; it helps when someone needs space to sort out feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change patterns that feed anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds practical skills for managing intense emotions, reducing self-destructive behaviors, and improving relationships.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Heidi will talk with the client about goals and try methods that match those goals and the person's pace. She adjusts strategies as progress is made so the plan fits the client’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls work well for therapy that benefits from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging let clients check in between sessions or do shorter updates that fit into work or caregiving schedules. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and flexible around daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- 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
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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