About Heidi
Heidi Strater is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience helping adults in Florida face lifes hard moments. She focuses on practical support for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and addiction. She also offers guidance for people dealing with grief, relationship strain, and major life changes.
Her practice grew from two decades of direct clinical work and caregiver support. That background shaped a steady, calm approach. Sessions are grounded in clear steps and real-world tools rather than long theory talks.
How Heidi works
Heidi aims to make goals simple and manageable so progress feels tangible. She uses approaches that help people understand their thinking, manage strong emotions, and strengthen everyday coping skills. Techniques include client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools for shifting unhelpful thoughts, mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to regulate feelings.
Motivational interviewing supports change when habits or addictions get in the way. Heidi brings extra focus to adoption and foster care matters, aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, and chronic illness or pain. She also addresses codependency, communication problems, control issues, and the stress that follows divorce or separation.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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What Heidi works with
The areas below are the ones Heidi selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy starts with the persons own goals and priorities, using empathetic listening to help people find clarity and build on their strengths. It can be especially helpful for those who want a supportive space to talk through difficult decisions or life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence. It offers step-by-step exercises and homework that people can practice between sessions to reduce anxiety and depressive patterns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Short skills coaching and grounding exercises can be adapted to phone or text-based check-ins when quick support is needed.
Heidi approaches choice of method as a collaborative process. She will work with clients to identify which techniques match their goals, needs, and daily routines. That means trying different strategies together and adjusting plans as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits that fit many lifestyles. Video calls provide face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, skills practice, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options help make therapy more flexible and easier to maintain alongside work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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