About Ebony
Ebony Heard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Alabama. She focuses on stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She creates a calm setting where people can speak honestly about what they are feeling.
Ebony draws on ten years of counseling experience to help people untangle difficult emotions. She uses straightforward talk and gentle guidance to help people identify what matters most to them.
How Ebony works
Sessions often include practical steps to reduce anxiety and boost confidence over time. Her approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behavior changes, and build values-based goals.
Mindfulness and emotionally-focused ideas are woven in to deepen emotional awareness when it helps. Ebony also addresses specific concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and relationship communication problems. She supports people facing divorce, separation, substance concerns, or the emotional impact of cancer.
Her aim is steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or messaging. People interested in beginning pick the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
Ebony lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Ebony works with
The areas below are the ones Ebony selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
Using ACT, CBT, and Client-Centered Care Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts without getting swept away and connect actions to what matters most. It can be useful for anxiety, low motivation, and managing big life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thinking patterns and trying different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. It often includes practical homework and simple skill practice. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and supports them through empathic listening and reflection, which helps build self-trust and clarity.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. Sessions are collaborative and adjusted over time as progress and priorities change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer sessions, phone work can fit into a busy schedule, live chat is good for a shorter check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people maintain consistency and fit counseling into work, parenting, or medical routines without extra travel.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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