About Heather
Heather Goodman-D'Anna is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 11 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, and relationship concerns. Heather aims to make beginning therapy less intimidating for people who are nervous about taking that first step.
She uses straightforward, person-centered work to create a calm space for talking. Sessions center on the client's concerns and goals, with the therapist listening closely and reflecting what matters most to the client.
How Heather works
Heather also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and try new ways of responding. That approach can be useful for depression, anxiety, and mood challenges by breaking problems into manageable steps. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help people stay present and reduce reactivity.
Motivational interviewing is used when clients want to make a change but feel unsure or stuck. Solution-focused strategies help set concrete, short-term goals and track progress. She regularly supports people navigating parenting stress, identity questions, grief, trauma and substance concerns.
Additional focus areas include attachment and family of origin issues, communication struggles, sexual culture and kink, and co-occurring problems like mood disorders and ADHD. Heather aims for clear, compassionate work that fits each person's life. She helps people identify small, practical steps and build skills they can use between sessions.
Heather lists 5 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.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Heather commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify goals and change unhelpful patterns. Client-centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and tailoring the pace to the person's needs so clients feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps break problems into smaller parts and teaches practical skills to manage mood, anxiety, and behavior.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help reduce emotional reactivity and improve moment-to-moment awareness. Together, these approaches give options: talk-based support, skill practice, and short-term goal work. Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the process, and the therapist will collaborate with the client to decide what to try first based on needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for a close, face-to-face conversation while phone sessions can fit during a busy day or when lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing support between scheduled meetings. These formats help people work therapy into daily life while using approaches like CBT and mindfulness effectively.
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