Heather Cooper, LPCC

Heather Cooper is an Ohio Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, LGBTQ-related issues, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, and family matters.

Heather works with adults who are managing big changes or ongoing pressures at home and work. She talks through what’s happening now, and helps people notice strengths they already have. Sessions are straightforward and practical, with attention to immediate problems and longer-term patterns.

Her approach centers on listening and following each person’s priorities. Heather uses client-centered methods to keep conversations focused on the person’s own goals. She also draws on cognitive behavioral tools to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

When emotions feel intense, Heather brings in skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help people manage distress and improve day-to-day functioning. She also uses existential and Jungian ideas to help some clients think through meaning, identity, and patterns passed down over time.

People who come to her often want help with self-esteem, intimacy concerns, caregiving stress, or adjusting after loss. Heather aims to make each session a useful step toward clearer thinking and steadier coping. To begin, she asks people to identify one or two priorities to work on in early sessions.

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