Heather Pack , LPC

Heather Pack is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma, and many life transitions. Heather brings a warm, down-to-earth style and a straightforward approach to sessions.

She has worked across school counseling, mental health counseling, and substance abuse settings. That background includes running addiction treatment work and offering case management for people with serious mental illness. Those roles shaped her ability to tailor support to each person's situation.

In sessions Heather uses client-centered methods that keep the person's goals in focus. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Dialectical behavior strategies and mindfulness tools are part of her toolbox for managing emotion and stress.

Heather often supports people facing relationship problems, parenting strain, intimacy concerns, and the stress that comes with caregiving or chronic health issues. She also works with those navigating LGBT issues, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and recovery from trauma or addiction.

She currently practices in West Virginia and offers online options to reach people who cannot travel. Heather balances clinical work with life outside the office - she teaches dance and reads widely about trauma and resilience. That mix keeps her work practical, curious, and grounded.

Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions work

Heather blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior strategies. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and shaping sessions around what matters to the person, which helps when facing stress, relationship concerns, or life transitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical steps to change upsetting patterns, useful for anxiety, depression, and addiction. Dialectical behavior therapy adds skills for regulating strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anger, mood instability, and coping with distress.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Heather will talk with you about your goals and preferences, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust as the work progresses. That flexibility helps tailor the work whether you want short-term coping tools or longer-term skill building.

Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video lets you have a face-to-face conversation from wherever you are. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or you prefer no camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or continuing work between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent amid a busy life.