Heather Pack

Heather Pack is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of experience in school counseling, mental health counseling, and substance abuse counseling. She brings a practical, straightforward approach and a focus on helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, addiction, and mood concerns. Heather aims to make therapy feel simple and useful from the first conversation.

Her background includes running addiction treatment centers and providing case management for people with schizophrenia. That work gave her a lot of experience with complex needs and co-occurring issues. She has met hundreds of clients and values the resilience she sees in people as they work through hard times.

Heather blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive and behavioral strategies when helpful. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills, mindfulness practices, and hypnotherapy techniques depending on each person's goals. Sessions emphasize clear tools, practice between appointments, and steady progress toward practical goals.

Currently based in West Virginia and working as a school counselor, Heather returned to clinical work to reach people who have trouble getting in-person care. She supports people coping with trauma, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, relationship strain, parenting stress, aging concerns, and challenges related to identity and sexuality. Anger and coping with life changes are included among her focus areas.

Outside of counseling she teaches dance and reads nonfiction about resilience and recovery. She describes herself as curious, and she uses that curiosity to help people find what works for them. To begin, Heather asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial session.

How Heather blends approaches for online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person first. The therapist listens, follows your lead, and helps you set the pace for change. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through hard feelings and decide what matters most.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Heather uses CBT to teach practical strategies for managing anxiety, anger, and depressive patterns. These are hands-on skills that people can practice between sessions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, provides concrete tools for regulating emotion and improving relationships. It includes skills for distress tolerance and communication that many people find useful during big life changes or intense emotions.

Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Heather will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adapts techniques as progress unfolds so therapy stays relevant and useful.

Session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, avoid travel time, and use shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find it helps them keep consistency and apply new skills directly in daily life.