Heather Lockey

Heather Lockey is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina with eight years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, anger, and relationship concerns. Heather also supports people dealing with family conflict, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting strain, and major life changes.

Heather approaches therapy with a view that each person knows their own story and strengths. She draws on several methods to match the needs of the person sitting across from her. Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer thinking, and learning new ways to cope with hard moments.

She commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take meaningful action. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices are also part of her toolbox for managing intense emotion and building steadier routines.

Heather has experience supporting people with ADHD, issues around adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, aging and caregiver stress, body image, and recovery from substance use. She is also open to working with teens and people in the LGBTQA+ community.

Therapy with Heather aims to be collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps clients set concrete goals, practice new skills between sessions, and track progress over time. If you are ready to start, she asks that you use the Start Therapy flow to match and schedule.

Approaches that guide online work and goals

Heather often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep trouble because it breaks problems into manageable steps.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. ACT can be helpful when someone feels stuck or overwhelmed by difficult feelings.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques. Together they decide which methods are most likely to help and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when needed. It also lets people practice skills between sessions in their daily routines and bring real-life problems to the conversation for immediate feedback.