About Heather
Heather Scarboro is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She brings ten years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and challenges related to ADHD. Heather uses a straightforward, calm approach so people can talk about what matters most to them and make small, practical changes.
Heather focuses on trauma and abuse, as well as the lasting effects of dissociation and complex trauma.
Background and approach
She also helps with relationship strain, intimacy concerns, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Her background includes work in elder care, community mental health, and with the LGBTQIAP+ community and frontline workers. In sessions she aims to build a collaborative team with each person.
She draws on client-centered methods to follow each person's lead, and uses evidence-informed techniques that match individual needs. Heather explains tools clearly and practices skills together in session so people can try them between meetings. Heather also uses approaches aimed at processing traumatic memories and shifting how people respond to intense emotions.
She blends talk-based work with creative methods when that suits someone, including music or movement when helpful. The goal is steady progress, not instant fixes. Heather offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging sessions.
English-language services are available, and she accepts international clients. To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules a time based on therapist availability.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what is said, and helps people name their goals. This approach can help with stress, relationship worries, and self-esteem by creating space to be heard.Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. It includes short, clear skills for distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and steadying relationships, useful for anger, mood instability, and overwhelm.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is aimed at processing disturbing memories that keep affecting current life. In plain terms it helps people reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and change how those memories influence daily reactions.
Heather treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will discuss different methods and together decide what fits the client's needs, goals, and preferences. Plans can change as progress is made, and approaches are adapted based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and watching how someone responds. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and messaging let people send thoughts between sessions, get short coaching, or check in after practicing skills. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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