Heather Kangur , LCSW

Heather Kangur is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience. She practices from New York and helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting challenges, and questions around identity and life purpose. Heather writes plainly and listens carefully to what matters most to each person.

She began her career working with adults and children who have intellectual and physical disabilities. That early work shaped a long commitment to practical support and clear communication. Over the years she has worked with people facing abuse, traumatic brain injury, autism-related concerns, and complex family dynamics.

Heather uses methods that focus on the person and their choices. She draws on client-centered practices to follow what a person brings to sessions. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and emotional approaches to repair important relationships.

Sessions often focus on simple tools you can try between meetings. Those tools might include mindfulness exercises to reduce tension, steps to manage impulsivity, or communication skills for family stress. Heather adapts the pace to each person’s needs and encourages small, doable changes.

She offers meetings by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their day. Heather works with adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, hoarding, ADHD, and several other life challenges.

How Heather’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what each person brings to a session. Online meetings let Heather hear your concerns and shape conversations around your goals, whether by video, phone, chat, or text. This approach is useful for people who need someone to reflect and validate their experience while guiding next steps.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and replaces them with practical strategies. In remote sessions Heather can introduce short exercises, thought records, and behavioral experiments that you can try between meetings and then review together.

Emotionally-focused ideas concentrate on understanding and changing patterns in close relationships. These techniques can be used in online talks to name emotional cycles, practice new responses, and build stronger connections with others.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Heather will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort with different formats. She adjusts techniques as progress is made and as priorities shift.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls give face-to-face interaction, phone sessions need less bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit brief check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep a steady practice while juggling work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.