About Heather
Heather Shotwell is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of practice supporting people through hard seasons. She helps those coping with anxiety, depression, stress, and self-esteem struggles. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, focused on clear goals and steady progress.
She offers practical help for relationship and family tensions, including blended family issues and communication problems. Heather also addresses caregiver strain, postpartum depression, grief and hospice or end-of-life concerns.
How Heather works
She works with people facing isolation, social anxiety, feelings of emptiness, and trouble finding life purpose. Sessions focus on real-life concerns like workplace stress, commitment worries, guilt, shame, and control issues. Heather uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and develop concrete skills clients can use between meetings.
The work aims to reduce symptoms and build better daily routines. Her approach centers on listening first, then partnering with each person to set priorities and try practical strategies. She emphasizes small, consistent changes rather than quick fixes.
Heather frames therapy as a collaborative process where clients help choose what to try next. Heather practices in Utah and conducts sessions in English. She brings nearly two decades of experience and a calm, direct manner to the work.
To begin, readers should confirm session options and scheduling details before booking.
What Heather works with
The areas below are the ones Heather selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on building skills, changing unhelpful patterns, and managing mood. Cognitive-based approaches teach how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and help people develop clearer, more balanced thinking to reduce anxiety and depression. Behavioral techniques emphasize small, practical changes - such as activity planning, exposure to feared situations, and routine-building - that can lift mood and reduce avoidance.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Heather will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their situation, and adjust strategies over time. Therapy is a team effort where the therapist and client decide together what techniques to use and when to change course.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because the biography does not list formats. Online therapy often makes it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time, and continue care during life transitions. It can also allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or sessions without video for those who prefer less visual focus. Confirm the specific session options offered and scheduling details before you book a first appointment.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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