About Heather
Heather Hodges is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing addictions, issues related to LGBT identity, self-esteem struggles, career concerns, and major life transitions. Heather emphasizes clients' strengths and encourages small, manageable steps toward change.
Her sessions are straightforward and collaborative. She treats each person as the expert on their own story and works alongside them to set realistic goals.
How Heather works
Conversations often include building confidence, managing urges, and handling difficult feelings without judgment. Heather also addresses a range of related concerns. These include abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, and forgiveness.
She helps people who deal with guilt, shame, impulsivity, loneliness, questions about life purpose, and money or career stress. People come to her for help with panic attacks, issues around sexuality, and patterns linked to narcissism. Her style is practical and supportive, aimed at helping people develop skills they can use between sessions.
She values courage and takes a paced approach to change. Sessions can include short-term problem solving or longer work on deeper patterns. Heather works with clients to choose strategies that fit their goals and daily life.
She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space for honest conversation and real progress.
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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Evidence-based techniques and flexible online care
Heather uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and behavior change. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful patterns and developing new coping skills to manage cravings, anxiety, and impulsive urges. This method helps people practice different responses until new habits feel more natural.Another approach centers on building self-esteem and improving communication. Sessions include exercises to challenge negative self-beliefs, improve emotion regulation, and try new ways of speaking up in relationships or at work. These techniques are useful for career concerns, body image, and handling guilt or shame.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Heather will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies as progress is made so care stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when helpful, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or schedules that need flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
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