- Trauma focused work
- EMDR informed techniques
- Emotion regulation skills
About Heather
Heather Scarboro is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with ten years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma and grief, and offers support around relationship and intimacy challenges. Heather also helps people navigating career changes, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and issues related to identity and sexual expression.
Heather frames therapy as collaborative work. She draws on client-centered methods and evidence-informed techniques to address trauma, dissociation, and stress responses. Sessions often focus on practical skills for emotion regulation, improving communication, and managing day-to-day demands.
Her background includes a range of settings, from elder care and community mental health to university counseling and frontline worker support. Heather’s lived experience with dissociation informs her focus on traumagenic and dissociative disorders, and she advocates for clearer public understanding of these conditions.
She uses several therapeutic tools including EMDR, dialectical behavior therapy elements, emotionally-focused methods, and existential perspectives to help people process difficult memories and strengthen relationships. Clinical hypnosis and expressive arts approaches are also part of her repertoire when appropriate.
Outside clinical work Heather creates music and dance, writes, and shares resources through blogs and podcasts to educate about dissociative disorders. Many clients find her mix of practical skill-building and trauma-focused care helpful when managing big life transitions and complex histories.
How her approaches translate to online work
Heather uses client-centered therapy to focus conversations on what matters most to the client. That approach emphasizes listening, reflecting, and working from each person's priorities, which can fit straightforwardly into remote sessions.She also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to teach concrete skills for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive actions. DBT-style coaching online can include short skill practice, homework, and real-time problem solving useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) methods help people understand patterns in close relationships and shift interactional cycles. In an online format these techniques often involve paced conversations and guided exercises to notice emotions and try new responses with a partner or on one’s own.
Heather treats selecting the right approach as a collaborative step. She will review your needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that seem likely to help. Plans can be adjusted over time based on what is working.
The therapist’s biography does not list specific session delivery types. Before booking, confirm what online formats are offered. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into study or work schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time so therapy can fit into a busy day.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma and grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her profile.
How would sessions feel day to day?
Therapy is collaborative and practical. Heather uses client-centered conversation alongside skill coaching for emotion regulation and communication.
What is her clinical background?
She has ten years of professional experience across elder care, community mental health, university settings, and frontline worker support.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LCMHC licensed in North Carolina.
Can I work with her if I live outside the US?
Sessions are offered to international clients as noted in her profile. Consult the booking details for any location-specific considerations.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before scheduling.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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