About Heidi
Heidi McCarty is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Wyoming. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and relationship pain. Heidi aims to create a calm space where worries can be named and small steps toward feeling better can begin.
She uses straightforward talk and practical strategies to help people handle daily pressure and recurring fears. Sessions center on what matters to the client, with simple tools to reduce worry and build confidence.
Background and approach
Heidi also draws on therapies that address past hurt and current patterns in relationships. With three years of professional experience she applies approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques and emotionally focused work to make thoughts and feelings easier to manage. She also uses methods that focus on values and committed action to help people move toward a meaningful life.
Heidi can offer EMDR as part of work on traumatic memories when that fits a client’s needs. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. Heidi encourages practical changes and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
She often helps people break big problems into manageable next steps. People contact her when phobias, obsessive thoughts, or painful relationship patterns get in the way of daily life. Heidi supports clients through those struggles with patience, clear guidance, and a focus on what will help most right now.
How these approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small actions toward those values. It helps with anxiety, stress, and decision-making by teaching skills to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT teaches practical ways to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is often used for anxiety, phobias, obsessions, and mood problems by breaking problems into manageable steps and testing new ways of coping.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - EMDR is used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact. When appropriate, EMDR can be offered in remote sessions to address trauma-related symptoms.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. Over a few sessions they will adjust the plan so it feels useful and practical for everyday life.
Online therapy offers flexibility and several ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues during deeper work, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins into a busy day. These options help people maintain steady progress even with a full schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming
- Languages
- English
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