Heather White-McClane

Heather White-McClane is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, low self-esteem, and depression. Her work centers on practical steps a person can use day to day to feel steadier and more in control.

She uses straightforward, person-focused methods in sessions. That means listening without judgment and helping people find coping skills that fit their life. Sessions often cover how to handle strong feelings, reduce impulsive reactions, and rebuild confidence after setbacks.

Her background includes many years supporting people with relationship struggles, communication problems, and issues around commitment or codependency. She also addresses concerns such as guilt, shame, grief, and challenges tied to aging or health conditions like HIV. Substance use and recovery are part of her practice, with steady work on motivation and relapse prevention.

Heather blends several practical approaches, including client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking, dialectical skills for emotion regulation, and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing helps when people feel stuck or unsure about making changes.

She aims for clear, achievable goals in therapy and helps people track small successes. The emphasis is on usable tools for real life rather than jargon. Readers who want to begin are encouraged to follow the site's Start Therapy process to match and schedule a first session.

How Heather’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered work means the therapist centers the conversation on the person in front of her. It involves reflective listening and helping people clarify what matters most to them, which is useful for sorting through anger, stress, or low self-esteem.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real life. It helps people change patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, or impulsive behavior by practicing new ways of thinking and acting.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for handling intense emotions and reducing impulsivity. It teaches simple techniques for grounding, tolerating distress, and improving emotional control that can be practiced between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm current session formats before booking since specific options are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, avoid travel time, and keep work or family obligations on schedule. They also allow brief check-ins when a shorter touchpoint is helpful or audio-only meetings when lower bandwidth is needed.