Heather Nelson, LCSW, CSW

Heather Nelson is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and parenting struggles with practical support and steady guidance.

Heather listens without judgment and adapts conversations to each person's needs. She focuses on building clear goals and simple steps clients can use between sessions. The tone is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at people who feel overwhelmed by change or loss.

In sessions she draws on several evidence-informed approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers tools for emotion regulation and tolerating distress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports identifying values and taking action in line with them.

Heather also uses client-centered and attachment-based ideas to strengthen how people relate to themselves and others. She works with a wide range of concerns including grief, intimacy issues, ADHD, and caregiver stress. Her work includes attention to trauma, communication problems, and life transitions.

She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices in Georgia. Heather aims to make the therapy process clear and approachable. If taking the first step feels hard, she encourages people to start with a short questionnaire and a scheduling conversation to see if it feels like the right fit.

How Heather Uses Different Therapies Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters most to you and taking small actions toward those values. It can help with motivation, avoidance, and coping during life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people build healthier ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Heather will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your situation. Together you will check what helps and adjust the plan as needed so the work matches your pace and priorities.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, keep check-ins short during a lunch break, or avoid travel time. It also allows sessions to continue when life changes make in-person visits harder. Heather uses these therapeutic tools to focus on skills and steps you can use between sessions, helping therapy fit into everyday life.