About Heather
Heather Stample is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, and ADHD. She presents a calm, steady presence and focuses on small, manageable steps to make daily life feel better. Heather works from Illinois and conducts sessions in English.
Heather aims to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can be heard. She listens carefully and builds a trusting relationship. The pace is set by the person seeking help, with an emphasis on realistic progress and practical next steps.
Background and approach
Her approach blends several methods to match what a person needs. She draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and act on them. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Attachment-based and client-centered elements guide how relationships and early patterns are understood in therapy. Psychodynamic ideas may be used to notice long-standing patterns that affect current life. These perspectives are used together to focus on what matters now.
Sessions often center on problem solving, coping skills, and relearning ways to connect with oneself and others. Heather encourages small experiments between sessions so people can test changes in real life. She emphasizes empathy, patience, and accountability during the process.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online sessions
Heather commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in session. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values despite difficult feelings. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. She also draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to understand how early relationships shape current patterns. These approaches emphasize listening, building a trusting connection, and noticing the ways past experiences influence present reactions. Heather treats choosing an approach as a team effort and will work with each person to find what fits their goals and their pace. Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face-to-face without traveling. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, quick problem solving, or ongoing support between scheduled appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health-related schedules while keeping the focus on steady, achievable change.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English