Heather Dominguez , LPC

Heather Dominguez is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Alaska with more than 26 years of clinical experience. She speaks English and Spanish and has worked in a range of settings, including rural and remote communities. Heather aims to create a calm space where people can talk through stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and life transitions.

She describes a straightforward style that focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Heather draws from therapies that help people notice difficult thoughts and then choose actions that match their values. She also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for trauma when appropriate.

Her background includes long-term work in parenting programs and itinerant therapy across Alaska. That experience brought repeated work with crisis response, vocational concerns, substance use, and loss. Heather has experience supporting caregivers and people facing chronic illness and complicated family situations.

Sessions blend talk, skill practice, and mindfulness tools aimed at shifting unhelpful patterns. Heather often helps clients set small, achievable goals and tracks progress over time. She emphasizes collaboration and respects each person’s beliefs while keeping goals practical and focused.

People who connect with her typically want clear direction, compassionate listening, and tools they can use between meetings. Heather can work with varied concerns from mood disorders like depression and bipolar to parenting strain, eating and sleeping issues, and career-related stress.

How Heather’s Methods Translate to Online Care

Heather often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and then commit to actions that match their values; this approach can help with anxiety, stress, and life changes. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice new behaviors that improve mood and daily functioning. In cases of trauma, she may use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories when that fits a person’s goals.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Heather works with clients to set goals, try approaches, and adjust plans based on what is most helpful. She emphasizes working together to find the combination of strategies that fits each person’s needs, values, and preferences.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited, and brief check-ins work well by chat or text. These options let people fit sessions into work breaks, travel schedules, or remote locations across and beyond Alaska.