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Heather Sheidler , LPC

  • Experience16 years
  • LocationMichigan
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Heather

Heather Sheidler is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan with 16 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, and life changes.

Background and approach

She brings practical skill-building and a collaborative stance to sessions, guiding clients through relationship and family conflicts, parenting challenges, mood concerns, and coping with loss or past abuse. Heather emphasizes strengths and works to help people uncover resources they already possess so they can make meaningful changes.

Her practice draws on cognitive-behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and a client-centered attitude to tailor care to each person’s needs. She has worked across residential and outpatient community mental health settings, giving her experience with a wide range of presentations including depression, anger and impulse control, eating and addiction concerns, grief, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD.

Heather frames therapy as a collaborative process that includes skill practice between sessions to support steady progress toward stated goals.

Approaches That Guide Online Sessions

Heather integrates cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based techniques into online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, or panic, while mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and stress-reduction skills that can help with emotional regulation and coping with trauma.

She also brings a client-centered stance to the virtual room, emphasizing empathic listening and collaboration. Together, therapist and client explore goals and preferences and decide which combination of approaches best matches the person’s needs, with adjustments made as progress and life circumstances evolve.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, reduce travel time, and support consistent practice of new skills between meetings while working with licensed professionals.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of difficulties does Heather address?
She works with a broad set of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, anger, mood disorders, panic, and ADHD among other issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach blends client-centered empathy with skill-based methods like CBT and DBT, and she uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help clients build coping strategies and clarify values.
What is her clinical and professional background?
Heather has 16 years of experience working in residential and outpatient community mental health settings, which has shaped her work with complex trauma, family conflict, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC practicing in Michigan with the licence number MI LPC 6401011873 as provided in her profile.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available with her?
She provides a range of online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersAnger managementBipolar disorderCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDissociationFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

16+ years

Licensed

Michigan

Languages

English

What Heather can help with

Heather Sheidler works with clients on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, and depression.

How Heather approaches therapy

Heather's clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Heather is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Michigan, with 16 years of clinical experience.