New to Grow
Hi, I’m Heather Parsons, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Certified Parenting Coach. I work with individuals, couples, and parents who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns they’re ready to understand and gently shift. My approach is attachment-based, nervous-system-informed, and grounded in the belief that meaningful change happens through safety, insight, and compassionate connection. Together, we create space to slow down, make sense of your experience, and build more secure, resilient relationships with yourself and the people you love.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In your first session, we’ll focus on creating a space that feels safe, grounded, and collaborative. We’ll talk about what brought you in, what you’re hoping for, and any concerns or questions you have about therapy. I’ll ask thoughtful questions to understand your history, relationships, and current stressors, while also paying attention to what’s happening in your body and emotional experience in the present moment. You don’t need to have the “right” words or a clear plan… we move at your pace. By the end of the session, you can expect to have a clearer sense of how I work, what our next steps might look like, and whether this feels like a supportive fit for you.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
What often stands out to clients is that my work goes beyond insight alone and into lived, embodied change. I use an attachment-based, nervous-system-informed approach that helps you understand why certain patterns exist while also learning how to feel safer, more regulated, and more connected in real time. Rather than focusing on quick fixes or surface-level strategies, we work with the underlying relational and emotional roots that shape your responses, relationships, and sense of self. Clients frequently share that therapy feels both deeply validating and practical—offering clarity, emotional relief, and tools they can actually use outside of session. The goal is not perfection, but greater capacity: more self-trust, more flexibility in relationships, and a steadier sense of safety within yourself and with others.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I am best positioned to support individuals, couples, and families who feel stuck in recurring patterns and are ready to understand themselves more deeply. Many of the clients I work with are navigating depression, anxiety, attachment wounds, relationship or parenting challenges, complex family dynamics, or substance use concerns. You may be high-functioning on the outside but carrying a sense of disconnection, overwhelm, or emotional exhaustion beneath the surface. In our work together, we explore unmet needs, protective patterns, and beliefs shaped by earlier experiences so healing can unfold with clarity and intention. I believe therapy works best as a collaborative partnership... one where you feel understood, supported, and empowered to create lasting, meaningful change.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and have used it extensively in my work with individuals, couples, and families. I use CBT to help clients recognize and shift thought patterns that contribute to emotional distress, while tailoring interventions to each client’s nervous system, attachment history, and lived experience.
Attachment-based
I have extensive experience using Attachment-Based Therapy to support individuals, couples, and families in understanding how early relational experiences shape current emotional patterns and relationships. In my practice, I help clients identify attachment styles, repair relational wounds, and build secure, emotionally safe connections; both with others and within themselves.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I have experience using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills to support clients with emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. In my practice, I integrate DBT as a practical, skills-based approach—helping clients build tools for managing intense emotions while remaining grounded in compassion, safety, and connection.
Couples Counseling
I work with couples and relational partners using a systems-based, attachment-informed approach. I support partners in understanding the deeper emotional and attachment needs beneath conflict, identifying unhelpful interaction patterns, and building healthier ways of relating that foster emotional safety, repair, and secure connection.
Family Therapy
I work with families to understand how developmental needs, nervous-system responses, and relational patterns shape family interactions. Family therapy in my practice focuses on fostering emotional attunement, repair, and practical tools that support connection and long-term relational health.