About Heather
Heather Breems is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and parenting concerns. She brings 11 years of professional experience and matches support to each person's needs. Heather aims to be respectful, sensitive, and compassionate in sessions.
She focuses on practical, real-world changes. Sessions typically involve talking through current problems, learning coping skills, and trying small experiments between meetings.
How Heather works
Heather adapts the pace and tools to what feels most useful for each person. Her work draws on approaches that look at how relationships shape feelings and behavior and on methods that help people change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Mindfulness practices are used to build present-moment awareness and reduce stress.
Emotion-focused techniques help people name and move through strong emotions. Heather also helps with issues tied to family history, adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and grief. She supports people dealing with career strain, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, addiction, and low self-esteem.
In the first few visits Heather listens to what matters most, clarifies goals, and offers a straightforward plan. Progress is reviewed regularly and adjusted as needed. The work is collaborative and paced to the person's comfort and day-to-day life.
Heather lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Heather works with
The areas below are the ones Heather selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how relationships and early bonds affect current feelings and reactions. In sessions this can mean exploring patterns in close relationships and practicing new ways of relating to reduce stress and improve connection. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include practical exercises and homework to change thinking and behavior between meetings.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and fuller conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, family life, caregiving routines, or busy schedules.
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