- CBT approaches
- DBT skills
- Solution-focused work
About Heather
Heather Alexander is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with five years of experience in this professional role. She focuses on concerns common in early adulthood and beyond, including stress, anxiety, relationships, parenting, coping with life changes, and young adult issues.
Heather uses straightforward conversation to help people sort through current problems. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to guide practical steps and build everyday skills. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with work tailored to specific concerns such as grief, anger, or workplace stress.
Her background includes long experience as a school counselor followed by work in private practice. That mix informs how she supports people managing transitions like leaving home, starting a job, or handling relationship strain. Heather aims to help people identify patterns that cause distress and test small changes that might feel manageable.
In sessions she listens for what is most urgent and helps set short-term goals. She often focuses on communication problems, control issues, and family of origin concerns when they affect current life choices. Practical tools are paired with discussion of feelings and values.
People who want clear, direct work on specific problems often find this approach useful. Heather also offers support around career questions, self-esteem, and issues that can follow trauma or loss. If you are dealing with the pressures of early adulthood, she can help you map next steps and try concrete strategies.
How Heather’s approaches work for remote sessions
Heather commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in ways that translate well to focused online conversations. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviors connect and works by testing small changes to see if they help with anxiety, low mood or unhelpful habits. DBT teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships through clear techniques and behavior rehearsal.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which narrows attention to immediate goals and steps that move daily life forward. That approach can help when someone wants quick tools to handle a particular problem, such as starting a new job or managing a difficult conversation.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Heather will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which strategies to try and how to track small changes over time.
Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around classes, shifts, or commutes, shorten check-ins when needed, and focus sessions on skills practice or problem solving without extra travel. Licensed professionals commonly use these benefits to help people keep therapy consistent with daily life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns along with grief, trauma, anger, self-esteem and young adult issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses conversational, goal-oriented methods drawing on CBT, DBT and Solution-Focused Therapy to teach practical skills and set short-term goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years as an LPC and previous long experience as a school counselor before private practice work.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas and practices there.
Can I have sessions in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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