Therapist profile
Heather Horvath, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and parenting focused
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- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Motivational interviewing
About Heather
Heather Horvath is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with three years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and parenting concerns. Heather also works with issues like grief, relationship strain, substance use, sleep and eating concerns, and attention-related struggles.
She describes a practical, person-focused way of working. Heather listens to the story you bring and helps you identify small, manageable changes. Sessions often include skill practice, clearer communication strategies, and ways to cope when things feel overwhelming.
Her background includes work with community agencies, corrections, and people adjusting to changes from illness or injury. That experience informs how she approaches complex cases such as traumatic brain injury, geriatric mental health, and caregiver stress.
Heather draws on Client-Centered ideas alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques. She also uses motivational interviewing, narrative methods, and elements from the Gottman Method when relationship issues come up. The choice of techniques is driven by the client's concerns and goals.
In sessions she aims for clear, concrete steps you can try between meetings. That might include practicing a new way to speak with a partner, pacing activities when energy is low, or using grounding tools after a distressing event. Her approach emphasizes practical skills and steady problem solving.
How sessions work
How Heather blends therapy approaches for online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps when someone needs their experience acknowledged and wants to shape goals at their own pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It offers practical exercises for anxiety, depression, and stress, such as testing unhelpful thoughts or building step-by-step behavior changes.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides specific skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills can help when emotions feel intense or when coping strategies have become less effective.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Heather will work with the client to match methods to their goals and day-to-day life. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting plans as needed.
The profile does not list which session formats are used for online work, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let them try skill work between meetings. Heather aims to make sessions practical and compatible with everyday routines rather than promise a particular format.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, parenting issues, relationship strain, grief, addictive behaviors, sleep and eating concerns, and attention-related challenges.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a practical, person-focused approach that combines listening with concrete skill practice from therapies like CBT and DBT.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of formal practice as an LPC and prior experience working with community agencies and corrections that informs her work.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in Michigan.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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