Heather Smith, LPC
You may look like you’re keeping it together on the outside, but inside you’re exhausted from overthinking, carrying stress, and trying to manage emotions that feel bigger than you can explain. Maybe you’ve learned to push through, stay busy, or take care of everyone else while ignoring what’s happening in your own mind and body.
I work with clients who are tired of surviving on autopilot. Many are navigating anxiety, ADHD, trauma, difficult relationships, or major life changes, and often feel stuck in patterns they understand logically but can’t seem to change. They may feel emotionally drained, disconnected from themselves, or frustrated that they’re struggling even when they’re doing “all the right things.”
Therapy with me is a space to be real without judgment. You don’t have to minimize your experiences, make them sound less serious, or show up with the perfect words.
Together, we can make sense of what’s beneath the overwhelm, understand the patterns that keep repeating, and create meaningful change that feels sustainable — not performative.
If you’re used to being the strong one, the self-aware one, or the one who holds everything together while quietly falling apart, you don’t have to keep doing it alone.
Specialties
ADHD Anxiety College adjustment Parenting Trauma & PTSDInsurance & Payment
In-Network Insurance Plans
Heather Smith, LPC is in network for the following plans:
Aetna Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Choice Select PPO Cigna and EvernorthRates
| First session | $180 |
| Ongoing sessions | $145 |
Locations
Practice Hours
| Monday | 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Friday | -- |
| Saturday | -- |
| Sunday | -- |
Treatment Approaches
Attachment-based Brainspotting Client-Centered / Rogerian Therapy (CCT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Emotionally Focused Therapy Experiential Therapy Health at Every Size Integrative Internal Family Systems (IFS) Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) Multicultural Psychodynamic Somatic Trauma FocusedModalities
IndividualsAge Groups
Preteens (11-12) Adolescents (13-17) Young Adults (18-25) Adults (26-64)Communities
NeurodiverseMeeting Options
Qualifications
- Supervisor(s): Kelsey Romanoff
- Supervisor License(s): IL-149022957
More About Me
- Languages Spoken: English
- Race(s): White
- Gender(s): Woman
- Sexual Orientation(s): Pansexual
- Religion(s): Individual Spiritual Practice