Heather Sheidler

Heather Sheidler is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan with 16 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She often supports those dealing with relationship and family conflict, parenting strain, and the effects of past trauma and abuse.

Heather’s background includes work in residential settings and outpatient community mental health agencies. She has helped people with mood disorders, addictions, panic attacks, and challenges related to ADHD. Her practice also addresses grief, intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, and problems with impulsivity or isolation.

Her approach blends practical strategies from cognitive behavioral methods with acceptance-focused ideas and client-centered care. Dialectical behavior skills and mindfulness are woven into sessions when helpful. Heather adapts her focus to the person in front of her rather than following one fixed method.

Therapy sessions are collaborative. Heather encourages honest conversation and sets goals together with each person. She emphasizes learning skills and strategies to manage strong emotions, cope with stressful situations, and reduce patterns that cause repeated conflict.

She asks clients to take an active role between sessions, using practice and small experiments to build new habits. Heather describes the counseling relationship as a place to explore difficult feelings, test new ways of relating, and strengthen personal resources for handling life’s challenges.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It emphasizes values-driven action so people can move toward what matters despite distress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. These methods are commonly used for anxiety, depression, anger, and mood problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Heather will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That might mean practicing mindfulness exercises one week, then using behavioral experiments the next. The process is flexible and responsive to what a client needs.

The therapist’s biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help sessions fit into a busy life. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, sessions that remove travel time, or meetings that work around work or caregiving obligations. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT techniques to these practical formats to support progress between sessions.