LMFT
Heather Scarbrough, LMFT
- Experience10 years
- LocationArizona
- Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
- Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Heather
Heather Scarbrough is an Arizona-based licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who combines practical interventions with a compassionate therapeutic stance to support people facing complex life challenges.
Background and approach
She draws on evidence-informed methods to help clients manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns like bipolar and depression, and relationship or family difficulties while attending to issues such as trauma, grief, and intimacy-related struggles.
With ten years of clinical experience, Heather tailors treatment to each person's needs, integrating approaches like attachment-based work, CBT, DBT, EFT, and EMDR to address symptoms and the underlying patterns that keep problems recurring. She also brings focused attention to concerns including parenting stress, ADHD, caregiver burnout, codependency, and adjustment to major life changes.
Clients can expect collaborative planning that aims to strengthen emotional regulation, improve communication, and build coping skills for everyday life. Heather frames therapy as a partnership: she helps identify goals, tests strategies in real-world situations, and refines the plan as progress unfolds so that people move toward greater resilience and well-being.
Integrating evidence-based approaches in online care
Heather commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical strategies for reducing anxiety, improving mood, and managing everyday stress. She also draws on emotion-focused work such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) to explore relational patterns and strengthen emotional connection and communication in interpersonal difficulties. When trauma memories are central, elements of EMDR may be used to help process distressing experiences and reduce their ongoing emotional impact.Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will review goals, symptoms, and preferences with each person and adapt methods over time so the plan fits the client’s needs and life circumstances rather than relying on a single modality from the start.
Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These options make it possible to maintain continuity of care around work, caregiving, or other commitments and to practice new skills between sessions while staying connected with a licensed professional.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Arizona
Languages
English
What Heather can help with
Heather Scarbrough works with clients on stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and parenting issues.
Heather works with individuals through complex life challenges.
Heather works with anxiety and relationship dynamics.
How Heather approaches therapy
Heather's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
Experience and training
Heather is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Arizona, with 10 years of clinical experience.