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Heidi Long, LMFT

  • Experience12 years
  • LocationArizona
  • Focus areasADHD, LGBT, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Heidi

Heidi Long is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Arizona who draws on twelve years of clinical practice to support people facing a wide range of life challenges.

Background and approach

She works with individuals experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and ADHD, as well as concerns related to family dynamics, parenting, and LGBT matters. Heidi emphasizes respectful, compassionate care and adapts conversations and treatment plans to fit each person’s situation.

Her work combines evidence-informed approaches to help clients build coping skills, strengthen relationships, and find practical ways to pursue meaningful goals. Heidi attends to both emotional patterns and day-to-day functioning, addressing sleep and eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, and career transitions alongside trauma, attachment, and co-morbid conditions.

Clients can expect a collaborative process aimed at empowerment and gradual change, with support for navigating complicated family histories, adoption and foster care questions, caregiving stress, and other situational pressures. Heidi provides services in English and accepts clients within Arizona.

She offers several remote session formats and asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to get started and schedule according to her availability.

Integrating Evidence-Based Approaches into Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and take committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present; it often supports work on anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relational patterns formed early in life and how those patterns affect current relationships and emotional responses, which can be useful for couples, intimacy concerns, and family conflict. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes skill-building in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, making it helpful for managing intense emotions, anger, and co-occurring difficulties.

Deciding which approach fits best is part of the therapeutic process. Heidi collaborates with clients to assess needs, try techniques, and adjust direction over time so treatment aligns with a person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities. This exploration is gradual and tailored rather than prescriptive.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options allow sessions to fit into busy schedules, provide continuity when travel or relocation occurs, and let clients choose communication styles that feel most comfortable for discussing sensitive topics. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same core therapeutic interventions used in person while adapting strategies to the online setting.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Heidi commonly address?
She works with a broad set of concerns including ADHD, anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and parenting and family conflicts.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is collaborative and compassionate, drawing on approaches like ACT, attachment-based work, DBT, EFT, and client-centered therapy to meet clients where they are and tailor interventions to individual needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings twelve years of professional experience working with people across many concerns and settings.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is an LMFT licensed in Arizona with the designation AZ LMFT LMFT-15585 and practices from that state.
Which languages does she offer sessions in and does she take international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees structured for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
Prospective clients should select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to her availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesADHD

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyDialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodJungian TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

Arizona

Languages

English