- Client-centered care
- Practical coping skills
- Evening and weekend hours
About Heather
Heather Kangur is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 18 years of experience. She began working with adults and children with intellectual and physical disabilities in 1996 and has continued a long career helping people facing emotional and practical challenges.
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. Parenting concerns, relationship and family problems, and questions around life purpose are also common topics she addresses. Heather lists adoption and foster care as a focus area in her work.
Her background includes individual therapy, group work, behavioral case management, and facilitation. She has worked with people affected by domestic violence, traumatic brain injury, autism, and varied cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. This range informs a flexible, practical approach in sessions.
Heather draws on client-centered methods to shape therapy around each person. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and emotionally-focused techniques to look at connection and interaction patterns. Mindfulness and existential perspectives are part of her toolbox when exploring meaning and daily coping.
Sessions tend to emphasize clear, direct conversation and practical steps to try between meetings. Heather communicates regularly by message and aims to schedule evening and weekend times to fit busy lives. The first sessions focus on what matters most and on building a working relationship.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person leading the conversation guides the pace and topics. Online work can use that same emphasis on your priorities and goals, with the therapist following your concerns and needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and uses concrete exercises and homework to change patterns; online sessions are well suited to reviewing worksheets, setting small experiments, and checking progress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on feelings and interaction patterns, especially in close relationships, helping people name emotions and try new ways of connecting during regular sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your goals, try methods collaboratively, and adjust the plan as needed based on what helps you most. Expect a give-and-take that tests ideas and builds on what feels useful.
Confirm current session formats before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, allow for shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and avoid travel time. It also lets you keep progress moving forward between in-person visits by using messaging and scheduled appointments to maintain continuity.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Heather commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting and family problems, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, and related life changes. Adoption and foster care are also listed as a focus area.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and practical, with an emphasis on clear conversation and steps you can try between sessions. She blends cognitive behavioral and emotionally-focused ideas as needed.
What is her professional background?
She began working in 1996 with adults and children who had intellectual and physical disabilities and has 18 years of clinical experience in individual therapy, group work, and behavioral case management.
What credentials and location are on file?
She is listed as an LCSW licensed in New York and practices from New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing will depend on the arrangement you select.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.