- Anxiety and stress
- Trauma-informed care
- Attachment focus
About Heather
Heather Scarbrough is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people face hard moments and find clearer ways forward. She creates a calm, non-judgmental space where clients can talk about what matters most and start to build new habits that feel manageable.
She draws on approaches that look at how past attachments shape present reactions and relationships. That helps when people struggle with anxiety, grief, anger, or major life changes. Heather also works with concerns tied to trauma, depression, bipolar issues, ADHD, and caregiver stress.
Her background includes ten years of clinical experience in Arizona as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help reframe thoughts and DBT skills to manage intense emotions and crises. For trauma, she may use EMDR and other trauma-focused methods when appropriate.
Sessions focus on straightforward goals like reducing anxiety, improving communication, repairing relationship rifts, or finding steadier routines. Heather pays attention to attachment patterns and how they show up in daily life, especially around abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, and blended family dynamics.
People who prefer clear steps and collaborative planning often find this approach useful. Heather helps set realistic next steps, track progress, and adjust strategies as needed. She offers therapy in English and practices in Arizona as an LMFT.
How Heather’s approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and patterns. Online sessions can help identify those patterns and practice new ways of connecting and responding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through clear, structured exercises, which adapt well to a conversation-based session and homework between meetings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills in short, teachable steps that clients can practice in daily life.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Heather will talk with the client about their goals and preferences, try techniques, and adjust the plan together. That process helps determine whether more skills work, trauma-focused work, or attachment work is the best fit for a person's concerns such as anxiety, relationship strain, or trauma recovery.
Session formats are not specified in the provided biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for check-ins without travel, and let people use different tools between meetings like worksheets and skill practice. These practical benefits often help clients keep therapy consistent while they apply new strategies in everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Heather commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship and family struggles, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, grief, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, combining attachment-focused work with practical skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.
How many years has she practiced clinically?
Heather has ten years of clinical experience working as a therapist in Arizona.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in Arizona and practices in that state.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.