About Heidi
Heidi Strater is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience. She practices in Florida and helps people who are coping with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, grief, and major life changes. She works with adults and older adults and has long experience supporting caregivers.
Heidi advocates for people living with chronic mental illness and for those facing episodic bouts of anxiety or depression. She also addresses relationship and family stress, self-esteem, and problems with communication.
Background and approach
Her approach is practical and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on building skills to manage symptoms, improving day-to-day coping, and reducing harmful patterns. Heidi uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She also draws on client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person’s goals. Mindfulness techniques and elements of dialectical behavior therapy help with emotional regulation and stress management. Motivational interviewing supports people working through addiction or making difficult life changes.
Heidi offers a relaxed, goal-oriented style that aims to make therapy useful from the first few sessions. She combines experience with clear, step-by-step guidance to help people move toward more stable routines and better coping skills.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Heidi commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based techniques in her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness therapy focuses on present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce reactivity and build steady routines.She also uses client-centered methods that keep the work focused on each person’s priorities and strengths. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what proves most helpful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more practical. Video calls are good for a full session with visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a work break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing support between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into busy lives and try methods that match their needs and schedule.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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