About Hiedi
Hiedi Gustin is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people dealing with stress and anxiety. She supports those facing relationship troubles, the effects of trauma and abuse, and challenges tied to ADHD. Hiedi also works with concerns around self-esteem and often focuses on issues such as abandonment and impulsivity.
Her sessions aim to help people find self-love and discover a clearer sense of life purpose. She emphasizes forgiveness, both toward others and oneself, and brings a values-centered view that honors faith and traditional values when clients identify them as important.
Background and approach
This helps clients connect therapy to their personal beliefs. Hiedi offers a compassionate, nonjudgmental space and uses a straightforward, respectful style. She prioritizes listening so clients feel heard and understood before moving into practical steps.
Her approach is steady and present-focused, helping people identify small changes that add up. With twelve years of experience and the credential LCSW - which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she practices in North Carolina. Her background includes work in school-based services and outpatient and intensive outpatient programs, which informs her understanding of different care settings.
People choose Hiedi when they want a therapist who balances empathy with clear guidance. She works alongside clients to reduce symptoms, clarify goals, and build skills for everyday life. Sessions are paced to match each person’s needs and readiness.
How evidence-based methods meet online care
Hiedi draws from well-established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. One common approach helps people learn practical skills for managing anxiety and stress, such as grounding exercises, breathing work, and step-by-step plans for handling worries. These techniques aim to reduce the intensity of anxious moments and improve daily functioning.Another often-used method focuses on processing trauma and abusive experiences at a pace the client can tolerate. This involves creating safety, naming difficult memories, and practicing new ways to respond to triggers so memories feel less overwhelming. It can help people regain a sense of control and lessen intrusive reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Hiedi discusses clients' needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors methods to fit. She treats the process as collaborative and adjusts the plan as clients try techniques and report what helps most.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats offer flexibility while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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