Therapist profile
Heather Stephens, LCSW
Texas
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Relationships
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Texas / 53783
- NPI1922306489
- Experience8 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationTexas
About
- ACT methods
- CBT skills
- Attachment focus
About Heather
Heather Stephens is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Texas with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, motivation, self-esteem, and confidence. She also works with anger, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and a wide range of other life challenges listed in her profile. Heather provides services in English and does not accept international clients.
Heather uses clear, direct conversation in sessions. She combines approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based Therapy to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Sessions often involve identifying thoughts and behaviors that increase tension and practicing different ways to cope with strong feelings like anger or shame.
She aims to work collaboratively on concrete skills for managing reactions, improving communication, and rebuilding confidence after setbacks. Practical tools might include values-based goal setting, behavioral experiments, and emotion regulation strategies drawn from DBT and CBT methods. Heather notes the importance of understanding how early attachment and relationship patterns shape current responses.
Her background includes work with issues such as parenting, career stress, ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue. She also lists additional focus areas like abandonment, blended family issues, body image, and kink-affirming concerns. These inform the practical approaches she brings to sessions.
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How Heather’s approaches translate to online sessions
Heather commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and commit to actions that match those values even when emotions run high. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with behavioral experiments to reduce anger and anxiety.She also brings an attachment-informed perspective that looks at how early relationship patterns affect current reactions. This helps when anger shows up in close relationships or when rebuilding trust and communication feels important. The therapist and client decide together which approaches to prioritize based on goals and what feels useful.
Confirm the specific online session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also makes it simpler to practice skills in the settings where problems occur, such as trying a communication technique after a tense conversation at home or testing a breathing exercise between meetings.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, grief, trauma, addictions, and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapy style like?
Heather uses practical, talk-based sessions that mix Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and attachment-informed work focused on behavior change and emotion regulation.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of clinical experience as an LCSW working with a range of concerns including self-esteem, motivation, and coping with life changes.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Texas and provides services from that location.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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