Looking for someone that truly listens and also helps you to move forward?
I am Heather Friend, a licensed clinical therapist with over a decade of experience helping individuals move through trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting stress, and deep emotional pain.
Whether you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin, I offer a space that is calm, compassionate, and judgment-free.
I specialize in helping adults who are managing:
*Complex trauma and PTSD
*Parenting or caregiving of children with ADHD, autism, or behavioral challenges
*Anxiety, grief, depression, and emotional dysregulation
*The weight of growing up in abusive or unstable environments
*Difficulties in Relationships and setting healthy boundaries with others
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You don't need to show up perfect. You just need to show up.
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My approach is grounded in warmth, respect, and clarity. I integrate tools from Person-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, somatic trauma work, mindfulness, and psychodynamic healing based on your needs. We can help you rebuild trust with yourself and create lasting change.
Clients tell me they feel understood, supported, and encouraged to grow without pressure. Clients also state that they are happy to have found a therapist that not only listens but also guides them to create positive changes in their lives.
If you're someone who has always taken care of others and is finally ready to be cared for — I'm here.
You deserve to feel safe, supported, and to have your experiences truly seen and understood.
You deserve to experience peace and to feel empowered to create positive changes that last for a lifetime.
If you’re in crisis and need immediate support, help is available 24/7:
Call or text 988
Crisis Line: 1-844-493-8255 or text TALK to 38255
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
US National Hotlines:
**National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
**National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
**National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
**Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
**Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357
**Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255, PRESS 1 or text 838255
**CDC National HIV and AIDS Hotline: 1-800-232-4636
Additional areas of focus:Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hearing impaired, HIV / AIDS, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Trichotillomania, Visually impaired, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Heather Friend. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
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
Heather is nothing short of amazing. Creative and attentive and compassionate.
Written on Apr 16, 2025 after therapy with Heather for 1 year and 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, 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
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