Heather Burgess
Calm, goal-focused therapy with practical tools
LCMHC North Carolina
- Experience
- 5 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Heather
Heather Burgess is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who has been practicing since 2018.
Background and approach
She draws on five years of clinical experience working in settings that include residential substance use programs, crisis advocacy, and in-home family therapy, bringing a systems-oriented perspective when supporting clients across school, home, legal, and social service contexts. Her work often incorporates trauma-informed care and emphasizes practical, goal-oriented strategies rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Heather’s practice blends action-focused interventions with compassionate support. She typically helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship and family challenges, grief, anger, depression, self-esteem struggles, and ADHD, as well as more specific issues such as caregiver stress, codependency, dissociation, and substance-related concerns.
She uses an integrative approach that may include ACT, DBT, motivational interviewing, mindfulness techniques, and art-informed methods to tailor treatment plans to each person’s needs. Clients can expect a collaborative process that centers their expertise about themselves while setting specific treatment goals.
Heather aims to validate and empower clients, offering practical tools and creative strategies to address obstacles and promote meaningful change.
Therapeutic approaches for online support and skill building
Heather often integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and replacing them with practical skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages acceptance of difficult internal experiences while clarifying personal values and committing to actions that align with those values, which can help with motivation, avoidance, and coping with challenging emotions.
Finding the right combination of approaches is collaborative; Heather will work with each client to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and current needs. She emphasizes goal-setting and an action-oriented plan while remaining responsive to each person’s pace and life circumstances, adjusting techniques as progress and feedback indicate.
Online therapy with Heather is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to access regular support without travel, maintain continuity of care during life transitions, and use shorter or more frequent exchanges when that suits a client’s needs.
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Experience
5+ years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English