Heather Friend, LCSW, LMSW

Heather has provided excellent, comforting and helpful advice. I really appreciate our sessions.

Written on Jun 09, 2025 after therapy with Heather for 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd

She’s helpful and knowledgeable!

Written on May 23, 2025 after therapy with Heather for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue

Great help, compassionate and thoughtful approach.

Written on Apr 03, 2025 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd

Heather has been a wonderful bright light in my path to finding and finding out about myself. She listens to me, gives suggestions, and is otherwise a welcome part of my day when we meet up. Thank you for all you do Heather!

Written on Jan 07, 2025 after therapy with Heather for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Heather Friend is a very caring and insightful therapist. She always gives any issue I’m working on the upmost attention and proper explanation to put it to a comfortable conclusion.

Written on Jan 06, 2025 after therapy with Heather for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes

Heather listens to my concerns and gives productive feedback for the help I am needing. She helps and explains things that is easier for me to understand.

Written on Sep 24, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

Heather creates a very safe space to open up about traumas and emotions and displayed a keen knowledge of a variety of different struggles and issues.

Written on Sep 17, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, self esteem, anger management, and adhd

I appreciate Heather's positive and warm disposition. It is calming and allows me to open up.

Written on Sep 12, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and coping with life changes

Heather has been so very communicative and open from the beginning. I have had no doubt the will be able to help me create a plan and sort out the thoughts the battle in me head for attention so I can focus on what I need to work on. She is friendly and helpful and has been great from day one. I am grateful for her help!

Written on Aug 19, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

She's great

Written on Aug 03, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and addictions

Heather has been beyond helpful and caring and extremely easy to talk to. Would recommend her to anyone.

Written on Jul 24, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 2 years and 3 months

Very helpful

Written on May 18, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 3 weeks on issues concerning anger management

Heather Friend is a great therapist who always listens, respects, my concerns. Furthermore, she gave me tools to cope and ways to manage the anxious thoughts that I have been having. My favorite one is the breathing exercise where I breathe in for 5 seconds, hold for 5 seconds, and exhale for 10 seconds. She has been working with me to overcome a phobia that I have been struggling with and exploring my past. Along with that we discussed how I can overcome imperfection. Thank you Heather Friend :)

Written on Apr 14, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

Heather is incredibly kind and not judgemental at all. I feel like I can be completely honest and get honest feedback that makes me feel empowered instead of weak. She seems to understand problems from the male perspective that is rare for therapists. I have found her to be helpful through some challenging times.

Written on Mar 13, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and adhd

Heather is compassionate, thoughtful and insightful. i feel very comfortable exploring complex and difficult issues

Written on Mar 01, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning intimacy-related issues

Best decision ever.

Written on Feb 20, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd

I feel safe with Heather. She is compassionate, knowledgeable and supportive. Whilst chat was not how I thought I would be communicating with my therapist, Heather makes it very easy and I look forward to working with her more. I have already seen some positive changes and I am excited in exploring some of the themes identified further.

Written on Feb 05, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, anger management, and compassion fatigue

I had some important personal breakthroughs with Heather. Much appreciated

Written on Jan 01, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and adhd

Heather has been an extremely helpful resource in my mental health journey. She's receptive and offers great advice and/or resources. She's very good at responding to messages in a timely manner and very good at checking in between sessions. Overall, Heather has been incredibly helpful in getting my mental health back on track and I would absolutely recommend her to anyone that needs some help.

Written on Jan 01, 2024 after therapy with Heather for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, anger management, adhd, and self esteem

Heather has been a great help with me, I feel like she has listened to what I have said and understood how I felt and it was easy and lovely to be able to share my experiences with her

Written on Dec 05, 2023 after therapy with Heather for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes

She was extremely kind, helpful, respectful, supportive, and listened well during our sessions. She’s very understanding and provides you with lots of help and fantastic resources. If you’re looking for a sweet therapist who knows what they’re doing and wants to help you in a way that’s most suited to you, then I’d definitely recommend her.

Written on Sep 01, 2023 after therapy with Heather for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, self esteem, and coping with life changes

Heather has been amazing. She has been a rock during a time when I did not realize I would need her most. And she has given me some answers to life-long questions, as well as resources to start a healing journey I was not aware needed to be addressed. She truly is a beautiful light helping me through some dark times. I am beyond grateful for her and Betterhelp. It was the best decision to get therapy when I did.

Written on Aug 30, 2023 after therapy with Heather for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

Heather, has been very kind and supporting during our sessions.
She did make me feel understand and that was exacely what I needed
to make do the needed work and make the needed steps to move forward
and not getting stuck.

Written on Jul 28, 2023 after therapy with Heather for 3 weeks on issues concerning anger management

Friendly, compassionate, and professional! She has really helped me get a rational look at life!

Written on Jun 06, 2023 after therapy with Heather for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, and compassion fatigue

Great, caring person!

Written on May 29, 2023 after therapy with Heather for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes

Heather Friend is an amazing therapist. She’s been really dedicated to supporting me and providing me with the tools I need in order to better my life. In the last few months of meeting with Heather, I’ve felt immense personal growth and I truly feel like I owe it all to her.

Written on Apr 26, 2023 after therapy with Heather for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

Ms. Friend is caring and professional. She understands my issues and offers constructive solutions.

Written on Mar 28, 2023 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning intimacy-related issues

Very friendly and helpful

Written on Feb 23, 2023 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

I feel supported and understood with Heather. She is direct and helps me with suggestions on how to handle difficult situations. I look forward to visiting with Heather. She is trustworthy:)

Written on Dec 28, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and anger management

Is very good at picking words and trends out when there are issues. Supplies many different worksheets to help client understand what and why they are feeling certain things.

Written on Nov 09, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

She supplies me with amazing resources

Written on Sep 27, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 1 month on issues concerning grief, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and adhd

So far Heather send very intuitive to my concerns and needs. When I feel like I’m rambling, she reiterated what I’m trying to say very effectively and gives me lots of reinforcement and nonjudgmental advice.

Written on Aug 19, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, parenting issues, and self esteem

She's great!! I wish we could talk more often.

Written on Jul 29, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, and bipolar disorder

Great therapist. Very insightful.

Written on Jul 14, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd

Empathetic

Written on Jul 06, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue

I don't think I could have found a better therapist on BetterHelp than Heather. Heather is extremely professional and thorough, which I greatly appreciate. They are very compassionate and empathetic while also very knowledgeable and educated. I have a lot of respect and admiration for Heather's approach to therapy. It is unique, supportive, understanding, and engaging. Although I am writing this review not too long into working with Heather, I already know I found a good one. Not only do I look forward to the next live session every week, but I finish each session with Heather feeling more empowered, validated, supported, and heard.

Written on Jun 22, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, and coping with life changes

Thoughtful, provides space to sort through issues in my own time, and provides resources and reading material often to help me work on myself. I've had a few therapists before this but I've never been able to open up like this

Written on May 22, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 2 months on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and adhd

I am new to seeking counseling to resolve some issues in my life and to learn how to declare to my family and the world that I am a transgender female a nd live the remainder of my life out in the open. Today will be my first actual appointment with Heather but she has already been helpful in feeling that she is someone that can help me towards that goal.

Written on May 04, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks

She is wonderful. Shes very quock to respond in the messages and if any issues arise she lets ypu know before hand. Great communication!

Written on Apr 25, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd

Heather is so kind and compassionate! She listens carefully to me and relates very helpful ideas and suggestions. Thank you!

Written on Apr 07, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, parenting issues, anger management, career difficulties, and coaching

Great help!

Written on Mar 20, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, and adhd

Very nice! I love how responsive Heather is!

Written on Mar 11, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, and self esteem

A kind and warm person who listens and gives good advice to whatever your concern may be!

Written on Mar 04, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning coping with life changes

Heather Friend is a great therapist ! Understanding and non judgemental.

Written on Mar 04, 2022 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes