- Life purpose work
- Trauma informed methods
- Chronic illness focus
About Heather
Heather Dillard is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Texas with 13 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who feel stuck after big changes, and with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and questions about life purpose.
She uses straightforward conversation and practical skills to help people notice how stress affects both body and mind. Sessions explore upsetting thoughts, difficult memories, and the physical reactions that come with them. Heather draws on cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, and somatic techniques to give concrete ways to respond to distress.
Heather also supports people facing chronic pain, illness, or disability and those coping with trauma and post-traumatic stress. She helps people talk through relationship struggles, career uncertainty, and problems with self-esteem. Eating concerns and compassion fatigue are other areas she addresses in sessions.
Her style emphasizes listening and responding to what feels most useful in the moment. Clients can expect a mix of talking, learning simple skills, and noticing body sensations that relate to emotions. Over time the work focuses on building clearer choices and small habits that reduce ongoing stress.
Therapy with Heather is offered online. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire to get started and schedule a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How therapeutic methods translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the client says. It emphasizes understanding the person's perspective and building a collaborative working relationship. This approach helps when someone needs space to talk through grief, life changes, or career uncertainty.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In practice it offers simple skills to test unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that increase anxiety or depression. CBT techniques can be used to manage stress, worry, and low motivation.
Somatic Therapy pays attention to how emotions appear in the body. It uses awareness of breath, tension, and movement to reduce physical stress reactions that keep problems active. This can be useful for people dealing with chronic pain, trauma responses, or ongoing anxiety.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Heather will collaborate with clients to choose or combine methods based on the person's needs, goals, and comfort. Sessions may shift between talking, skill practice, and noticing bodily sensations depending on what helps most.
Therapy is offered online, which can make fitting sessions into a busy life easier and reduce travel time. Because the session formats listed in the biography are limited to online, confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can allow for shorter check-ins, more frequent brief contacts, or full-length meetings that fit around work and health needs.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, relationship strain, eating concerns, compassion fatigue, and life purpose questions.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
Her approach blends client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness, and somatic techniques to notice thoughts and body responses and try new ways of coping.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Heather has 13 years of experience working with adults on issues such as trauma, chronic illness, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Texas.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
The biography indicates therapy is offered online. Confirm current session options before booking to see which formats are available.
How do costs and billing work?
Costs vary with location and sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.