Heather Simmons
Hi my name is Heather Simmons I’m a LPC with 7 years of practice. I received my masters in 2017 from a university in Ms. I’ve worked with individuals from several different walks of life to help improve their mental well being and increase their quality of life.
Helping my clients to build a healthy rapport and getting to know their counselor better.
90 percent of my services in which I provide are done via telehealth.
First session
In our first session expect to get a clear understanding of what goals needs to be established and how as a counselor I can help.
Strengths
My greatest strengths is building a non-judgmental and safe environments for my clients to become transparent during our sessions. Helping my clients to build a healthy rapport and getting to know their counselor better.
Ideal clients
I mainly work with individuals that struggles with anxiety, depression, and anger -management. My clients are eager to learn coping skills to help them overcome their challenges and concern.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I’ve utilized CBT approach within the last 7 years of practice. The benefits from this approach is how it help individuals that struggles with anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It helps to improve coping skills, heightened self awareness, and promotes problem solving skills set.
Positive Psychology
With 7 years experience of this approach, this approach helps individual to reduce stress, depression, distress, and increase resilience by increasing an individual well being, creating a positive workplace area, and improving relationships.
Interpersonal
Utilizing this approach have shown to improve relationships, and one’s emotional well being by increasing positive communication skills, helping with eating disorders, and those that struggle with bipolar, anxiety depression or PTSD.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
This approach is to help people manage their emotions, cope with difficult situations, and improve their relationships for those that struggles with borderline personality disorders DBT helps reduce self-harm, anger, and drug and alcohol misuse. It can also improve depressive symptoms and reduce the number of days spent in inpatient hospitalization.
Location
Virtual sessions
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Licensed in
- ArkansasLicense P2405024
- LouisianaLicense 7512
- MississippiLicense 2837
- TexasLicense 93651