Heather LopezLCSW

Heather Lopez is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience. She practices in New York and combines practical skills with a calm, nonjudgmental approach. She often helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or depression.

Heather focuses on clear, doable steps in therapy. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that keep them stuck. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, to teach emotion regulation and coping skills.

Sessions are aimed at understanding emotions and behaviors so people can make steady changes. Heather balances acceptance with encouragement toward new habits. She works at a pace set by each person and helps people set practical, measurable goals.

Her background includes a range of concerns related to relationships and family life, eating and food-related issues, and mood problems such as panic and postpartum depression. She also addresses caregiver stress, feelings of isolation, and struggles with guilt or shame.

People who prefer straightforward guidance and skill-building may find her style helpful. Heather emphasizes collaboration, giving tools to use between sessions while checking in on progress. If you want calm, structured support for everyday stressors and deeper emotional concerns, she may be a fit.

How CBT and DBT translate to online work

Heather uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns that fuel anxiety or depression. CBT often involves simple experiments, skill practice, and tracking thoughts and behaviors between sessions to spot what shifts mood and action.

She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening communication. DBT skills can be useful for panic, mood swings, self-critical thinking, and problems with intense feelings.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Heather will talk with each person about goals and daily life, then suggest which methods to try first. She encourages feedback so sessions can be adjusted as needs and preferences become clearer.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, shorten travel time, and allow brief check-ins when a full in-person visit isn't possible. It also supports steady skill practice between appointments so people can work on goals during everyday life.