Dr. Heather Clark

Dr. Heather Clark is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Missouri with 19 years of experience. She works with adults in emerging and early adulthood and helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She also focuses on issues such as autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family challenges, body image, eating and food-related concerns, and questions about life purpose.

Her approach is practical and skills-focused. She uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and change behavior. She brings mindfulness practices and imagery tools to calm the body and reduce worry. Solution-focused methods help set clear short-term goals and notice small changes.

Sessions are aimed at building everyday skills that make daily life easier. That can mean learning calming exercises, practicing different ways of talking to others, or setting manageable steps after a breakup or a job change. Heather emphasizes self-awareness and clear, repeatable strategies rather than abstract theory.

Heather trained in psychology and counseling, holding a BA in Psychology, an MA in Professional Counseling, and a PhD in Psychology. She describes her work as teaching people how to calm their minds, bodies, and feelings while developing self-awareness.

People often come with questions about direction, identity, or coping after a big change. In sessions she focuses on what can be done now, small experiments to try between meetings, and practical ways to steward attention and energy toward clearer next steps.

How her methods translate to online work

Dr. Clark draws on cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness therapy, and solution-focused therapy in her practice. CBT helps people notice and change thinking patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood, and it often includes practical exercises and behavior changes. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and calm the body. Solution-focused therapy centers on setting small, concrete goals and tracking progress one step at a time.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Heather will review your needs, goals, and preferences and suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can shift over time as you test what helps most.

The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so please confirm current online options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Online work can also let you practice calming techniques in the environments where stress usually happens, while the therapist and client try brief experiments between meetings to see what changes feel useful.